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Private JOHN SHANKS

Service Number: 2990217
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

7/10th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 March 1943

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ENFIDAVILLE WAR CEMETERY

V. A. 31.

Tunisia

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Janet Shanks, of Kirkliston. West Lothian.
  • Personal Inscription A SMILE FOR ALL A HEART OF GOLD ONE OF THE BEST THIS WORLD DID HOLD
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Buried or commemorated at

ENFIDAVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Tunisia
Number of casualties: 1551
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