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4976906 Private Robert Henry Hales

Killed/died of wounds/other causes in Palestine (1943) or in the United Kingdom (early 1944) due to training or exercises.
Photograph of Hero Killed In Action


Born on:
Died on: 08 Apr 1944
Died at: Drowned at exercise
Aged: 22
Buried at: Brookwood Memorial panel 15, column 1.

Rest in Peace Private Hales:
11th Bn. Parachute Regt., A.A.C.
Son of Edith Hales; husband of Doris Gwendoline Hales, of Cross Hills, Keighley, Yorkshire.


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