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Lieutenant Colonel JOHN TINSLEY RUSSELL

Service Number: 1045
Regiment & Unit/Ship

New Zealand Infantry

Cdg. 22nd (Motor) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 September 1942

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

I. B. 25.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Awards Distinguished Service Order, Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Andrew Hamilton Russell and Gertrude Russell, of Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand; husband of Rosamond Russell (nee Rolleston), of Sanson, Wellington, New Zealand.
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