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Private JOHN EDWIN SHIRES

Service Number: 5168
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Infantry

"B" Coy. 9th Regt.

Date of Death

Died 10 September 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DODOMA CEMETERY

I. E. 10.

Tanzania

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  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas E. and Lois Shires, of Bewley, Slurry, Transvaal.
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Buried or commemorated at

DODOMA CEMETERY
Tanzania
Number of casualties: 161
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