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Private JOHN JOSEPH OATES

Service Number: 40797
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

18th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 November 1916

Age 41 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY

XX. B. 16A.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Edward and Sarah Ann Oates, of Altofts, Yorks; husband of Lily Oates, of "Park View," 48, Castleford Rd., Normanton, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription GOD WILL LINK THE BROKEN CHAIN CLOSER WHEN WE MEET AGAIN LILY
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Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 11554
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