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Gunner JOHN FRANCIS ROE

Service Number: 1717809
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

3 Bty., 1 Lt. A.A. Regt.

Date of Death

Died 15 June 1942

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY

1. F. 22.

Libya

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Sarah Jane Roe, of Ancoats, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription SWEET BE THY REST
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Buried or commemorated at

TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY
Libya
Number of casualties: 2480
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