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Private JOHN BURROWES

Service Number: 663
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Horse

"A" Sqdn. 4th

Date of Death

Died 23 December 1916

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY

1. G. 16.

Tanzania

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Mary Burrowes, of "Hillside", Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, Ireland and the late William Burrowes.
  • Personal Inscription HE SHALL SLEEP BUT NOT FOR EVER IN THE LONE AND SILENT GRAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY
Tanzania
Number of casualties: 1917
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