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Lance Corporal JAMES WILSON ALAN BAIN

Service Number: 2884279
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

5/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 July 1943

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

I. G. 33.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Andrew and Ann Ligertwood Bain, of Aberdeen; husband of Thelma Margaret Duguid Hadden Bain, of Aberdeen.
  • Personal Inscription THY PURPOSE, LORD WE CANNOT SEE BUT ALL IS WELL THAT'S DONE BY THEE. THELMA
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Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2142
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