Identity
Person No.
7863
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Unknown
Last Name
First Name
John Stuart
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J S
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
16
Military Service
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
SEA 815
Lost at sea
Cause of Death
Torpedoed and shelled when enroute to the Persian Gulf by Italian submarine Leonardo da Vinci
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Son of John Charles and Rosalie Garden, of Edenvale, Transvaal, South Africa. Born in Bethulie, Orange Free State, on the 25 June 1926, Educated at Ficksburg High School. Chief Cadet Captain and King's Gold Medalist 1942. 1943 joined the Anglo-Saxton Petroleum Company.
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Stories 1
A. might well have been one of my great great uncle Barnett's many (est 14-18) children, amny of whom were born abroad. Barnett and his wife Emma ran the Golden ball pub in Pinkneys Green Bucks UK till 1909. Barnett was himself a soldier, as were many other young men in the family.
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