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Private JOHN EDWARD McGOURTY

Service Number: 4699062
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 June 1944

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY

III, B, 10.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Mary Ellen McGourty; husband of Joan McGourty, of Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription INTO THY ARMS, O LORD I COMMEND A DEAR HUSBAND AND SON. LORD JESUS RECEIVE HIS SOUL
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Buried or commemorated at

BOLSENA WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 600
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