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Driver WILLIAM RICHARD REES

Service Number: 197052
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Army Service Corps

Date of Death

Died 25 May 1942

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HABBANIYA WAR CEMETERY

5. A. 7.

Iraq

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur and Mary Ann Rees, of Penygraig, Glamorgan.
  • Personal Inscription "FOR WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS, THERE WILL YOUR HEART BE ALSO" DA YW DUW I BAWB
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Buried or commemorated at

HABBANIYA WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 290
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