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Private JOHN W. S. TOWNSHEND

Service Number: D/71598
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Canadian Regiment

Date of Death

Died 19 December 1943

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MORO RIVER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

III. G. 11.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of James and Edith Sittlington Higgs, of Montreal, Province of Quebec.
  • Personal Inscription REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

MORO RIVER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1615
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