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Name John Montague SHAKESHAFT   
Rank/Number Private   RR/1225
Regiment South African Infantry   1st Regiment
Enlisted  
Age/Date of death 30      24 Mar 1918 
How died/Theatre of war Killed   France & Flanders
Last known address  
Cemetery Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France 
Grave or Memorial Reference Panels 95 - 98 
Location of memorial Milton Keynes All Saints
Date/Place of birth Mar qtr 1889      Newport Pagnall
Date/Place of baptism 25 Feb 1889 Newport Pagnell 
Pre-war occupation of Casualty farm lab, later engineer 
Parents William Brice & Emma Shakeshaft
Parent's occupation farmer
Parents' Address (last known) Manor Farm, Milton Keynes 
Wife  
Wife's Address (last known)  
Notes left for South Africa 18 Jan 1913 on Armadale Castle as an engineer 

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