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Private JOHN LORRAINE WELCH

Service Number: 73408
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Medical Corps

Date of Death

Died 24 June 1944

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CAPE TOWN (MAITLAND) CEMETERY

Mil. Allotment. Grave 95993B.

South Africa

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of John M and Gertrude H Welch, of Cape Town.
  • Personal Inscription HE MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE

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Buried or commemorated at

CAPE TOWN (MAITLAND) CEMETERY
Western Cape South Africa
Number of casualties: 1498
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