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Rifleman JOHN CAIRNS

Service Number: 7021078
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Ulster Rifles

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 April 1943

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DONAGHCLONEY OLD GRAVEYARD

Grave 240.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert E. Cairns and Mary Jane Cairns, of Ashfield.
  • Personal Inscription "WHAT I DO THOU KNOWEST NOT NOW; BUT THOU SHALT KNOW HEREAFTER"
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Buried or commemorated at

DONAGHCLONEY OLD GRAVEYARD
County Down United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 5
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