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Captain JOHN RUSSELL GREAVE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

1st Punjab Regiment

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 May 1942

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GAUHATI WAR CEMETERY

3.A.8.

India

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Indian
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of the Revd. Canon Reginald Sowray Greaves, M.A., and Margery Greaves, of Hadlow Vicarage, Kent.
  • Personal Inscription MAY HE REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

GAUHATI WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 512
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