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Writer JOHN BLACK

Service Number: P/MX 724753
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. St. Austell Bay

Date of Death

Died 20 October 1946

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

STAGLIENO CEMETERY, GENOA

III. C. 24.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Walter and Dora Black, of Gateshead, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription NEVER WAS THERE SUCH A BOY WHO WORKED AND HOPED FOR SO MUCH; LIFE GAVE HIM SO LITTLE
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