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Private DAVID JOHN REES

Service Number: D17339
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Wales Borderers

5th (H.D.) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 September 1942

Age 52 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ABERFAN BRYNTAF CEMETERY

Row B5. Uncons. Grave E.2/11.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Evan and Sarah Rees; husband of Hannah Mary Rees, of Aberfan, Merthyr Vale.
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Buried or commemorated at

ABERFAN BRYNTAF CEMETERY
Glamorganshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 18
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