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T/72751 Driver Sidney Hobson

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

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Born on:
Died on: 10 Aug 1943
Died at:
Aged: 28
Buried at: Khayat Beach War Cemetery C.F.8.

Rest in Peace Driver Hobson:
R.A.S.C., attd. 11th Bn. Parachute Regt., A.A.C.
Son of Harold and Elizabeth Hobson, of Smethwick, Staffordshire, husband of Florence Annie Hobson, of Smethwick.


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