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Second Lieutenant JOHN JOSEPH COLLISTON

Service Number: 190254
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 June 1942

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TAIPING WAR CEMETERY

1. J. 7.

Malaysia

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Edith Colliston, of Wimbledon, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription FILIUM DEVOTUM MARIA AD MONTEM SANCTA SUUM MATER PIE CUSTODIAT
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Buried or commemorated at

TAIPING WAR CEMETERY
Malaysia
Number of casualties: 867
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