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10632595 Private Peter Gathard

Killed/died of wounds/other causes as the result of operation ‘Market’

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Born on:
Died on: 01 Oct 1944
Died at: No known grave. Commemorated Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery panel 9.
Aged: 21
Buried at:

Rest in Peace Private Gathard:
11th Bn. Parachute Regt., A.A.C.
Son of Albert E. and Kathleen A Gathard, of Battersea, London.


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