Service Details
Name:
 RUSSELL
Given Name:
 JOHN JAMES FRASER
Initials:
 J J F
Service No:
 188358
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 South African Medical Corps
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Unit:
 15 Field Amb.
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Date of Death:
 1941-12-02
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Date of Birth:
 1906-12-23
Age:
 34
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in Libya
Additional
Information:
Son of Sir Alexander Fraser Russell and Lady Winifred Isobel Russell, of Cape Town, South Africa; husband of Sheila Anne Graham Russell, of Cape Town. B.A. (Cantab.), Ch.B. (Edin.). Entered Plumtree School in January 1916, leaving in April 1918. He entered the University of Cape Town in 1926; later he qualified as Doctor from the University of Cambridge. On Plumtree School Roll of Honour
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 24. B. 2.

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