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Gunner JOHN THOMAS DEIGHTON

Service Number: 1794623
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

239 Bty., 77 H.A.A. Regt.

Date of Death

Died 15 March 1944

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AMBON WAR CEMETERY

13. B. 3.

Indonesia

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Robert Deighton and Lily Elizabeth Deighton, of North Deighton, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription LIFE WAS SHORT; HIS JOYS WERE FEW; HIS MEMORY LIVES FOR EVER. REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

AMBON WAR CEMETERY
Indonesia
Number of casualties: 2147
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