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Private JOHN CAIRNS

Service Number: 3246818
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 April 1943

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ENFIDAVILLE WAR CEMETERY

VII. E. 27.

Tunisia

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Roseann Cairns; husband of Alma Cairns, of Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription WITHOUT FAREWELL HE FELL ASLEEP WITH ONLY A MEMORY FOR US TO KEEP
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Buried or commemorated at

ENFIDAVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Tunisia
Number of casualties: 1551
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