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Captain JOHN FREDERICK SMELLIE

Service Number: 158421
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Glider Pilot Regiment, A.A.C.

1st Wing

Date of Death

Died 23 September 1944

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY

6. A. 4.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of N. S. H. Smellie, and of Ileen M. Smellie, of Holywood, Co. Down, Northern Ireland.
  • Personal Inscription THEM ALSO WHICH SLEEP IN JESUS WILL GOD BRING WITH HIM. I.THESS.IV.14
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Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1770
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