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Private JOHN THORBURN

Service Number: 2888390
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 June 1941

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KRANJI WAR CEMETERY

36. F. 18.

Singapore

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alexander and Margaret Thorburn, of Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire.
  • Personal Inscription "HE HAS OUT-SOARED THE SHADOW OF OUR NIGHT"
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Buried or commemorated at

KRANJI WAR CEMETERY
Singapore
Number of casualties: 4574
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