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Sapper JOHN HERBERT COLWILL

Service Number: 288331
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

Lines of Communication Signal Coy.

Date of Death

Died 27 February 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY

3. E. 11.

Tanzania

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Richard Colwill, of Fairy Cross, Alwington, Devon, England.
  • Personal Inscription PEACE PERFECT PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY
Tanzania
Number of casualties: 1917
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