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Private JOHN WILLIE PRESTON

Service Number: 022929
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Army Ordnance Corps

Date of Death

Died 17 December 1917

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TARANTO TOWN CEMETERY EXTENSION

IV. H. 3.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Edith A. Preston, of 9, Moorhead St., Colne, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription JACK THE BELOVED OF EDIE
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Buried or commemorated at

TARANTO TOWN CEMETERY EXTENSION
Italy
Number of casualties: 457
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