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Corporal JOHN OWEN LAVIN

Service Number: 1536612
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 May 1945

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RANGOON WAR CEMETERY

2. E. 9.

Myanmar

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Margaret Lavin, and stepson of Edwin Garside, of Droylsden, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription THOUGHTS DRIFT BACK TO BYGONE DAYS, LIFE MOVES ON BUT MEMORY STAYS. MAM & DAD
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Buried or commemorated at

RANGOON WAR CEMETERY
Myanmar
Number of casualties: 1426
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