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Lance Corporal JOHN EARDLEY COLLING HARRIS

Service Number: 4467904
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 August 1940

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

XXIX. J. 2.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest Frederick and Rhoda Elizabeth Colling Harris, of North End, Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia.
  • Personal Inscription HIS HEART FOR HIS HOME HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY HIS SOUL FOR GOD
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Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 7368
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