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John Andrew Douglas Short

Private

Service No. 29568

Age 20

Died on 20 October 1916

Hampshire Regiment

THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Somme, France

Son of William Andrew and Ellen Short, of 62, Newlands Avenue, Shirley, Southampton. A Shipping Clerk, employed by Coast Lines, Ltd., Southampton.

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