Cairns George Thomas Pte 4459299

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Name Cairns George Thomas
Army number 4459299
Rank Pte
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Unit Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, Posted 11th Bn DLI, Iceland, Posted 8th Bn DLI, DIED of WOUNDS with 8th Battalion Durham Light Infantry 14/8/43.
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Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 14-Aug-43
Home address Son of George Thomas Cairns and Hannah May Cairns (nee Barber), of Humbledon, Sunderland, Co. Durham. Born Sunderland 1918. Buried Grave III. B. 22. Catania War Cemetery, Sicily.
Source table 11DLI