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Able Seaman JOHN WILLIAM STANBURY

Service Number: 24249
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Australian Navy

H.M.A.S. Shropshire

Date of Death

Died 27 May 1943

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GILLINGHAM (WOODLANDS) CEMETERY, KENT

Naval Reservation. Grave 184. R.C.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas Curtin Stanbury and Anne Price Stanbury, of Surrey Hills, Victoria, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription DEARLY LOVED, SADLY MISSED. REQUIESCAT IN PACE
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Buried or commemorated at

GILLINGHAM (WOODLANDS) CEMETERY, KENT
Kent United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 1218
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