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Able Seaman JOHN FREEBURN

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Naval Auxiliary Personnel (Merchant Navy)

H.M.S. Bullfinch.

Date of Death

Died 02 June 1942

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PIETERMARITZBURG (FORT NAPIER) CEMETERY

Row C. Grave 9.

South Africa

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
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Buried or commemorated at

PIETERMARITZBURG (FORT NAPIER) CEMETERY
Kwazulu Natal South Africa
Number of casualties: 523
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