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Private JOHN ALEXANDER YOUNG

Service Number: 11196
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Infantry

4th Regt.

Date of Death

Died 12 April 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

XXVI. H. 4A.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of James Samuel and Helen Young, of Bow Butts, Sea View, Natal.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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