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Serjeant JOHN MARTIN (JACK) OLLIVER

Service Number: 902669
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

Date of Death

Died 19 December 1942

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY

7. L. 2.

Iraq

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. Indian Army Ordnance Corps
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry and Annie G. Lawrence, of Weston-super-Mare, Somerset.
  • Personal Inscription OUR JACK SMILING TO THE END, HE DIED AS HE LIVED EVERYONE'S FRIEND
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Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 3071
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