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Sapper JOHN E. CARTER

Service Number: 1899340
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

Date of Death

Died 11 July 1940

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MELBOURNE CEMETERY

Grave 3205.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred and Alice Carter, of Leicester.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP ON DEAR ONE AND TAKE THY REST FOR YOU WERE ONLY LENT GOD KNOWETH BEST
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Buried or commemorated at

MELBOURNE CEMETERY
Derbyshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 23
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