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Private WILLIAM HENRY WILKINS

Service Number: 6012666
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Essex Regiment

1/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 July 1943

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

JOHANNESBURG (WEST PARK) CEMETERY

Mil. Sec. Grave 67.

South Africa

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Henry and Laura Wilkins, of Northampton, England.
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Buried or commemorated at

JOHANNESBURG (WEST PARK) CEMETERY
Gauteng South Africa
Number of casualties: 646
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