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Corporal JOHN ALBERT McGOWAN

Service Number: 3974734
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Welch Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 May 1943

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GAZA WAR CEMETERY

B. C. 9.

Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Amelia McGowan, of Sidcup, Kent.
  • Personal Inscription "GREATER LOVE THAN THIS NO MAN HATH, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"
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Buried or commemorated at

GAZA WAR CEMETERY
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Number of casualties: 3691
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