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Ordinary Seaman JOHN CAMPBELL BISSET OLSEN

Service Number: JX392301
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Glendower

Date of Death

Died 08 October 1942

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CARNOUSTIE (SHANWELL) CEMETERY

Sec. G.2. Grave 9.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Flora Olsen, of Carnoustie; husband of Elizabeth Olsen, of Carnoustie.
  • Personal Inscription ON WHOSE SOUL SWEET JESUS, HAVE MERCY
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Buried or commemorated at

CARNOUSTIE (SHANWELL) CEMETERY
Angus United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 9
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