Service Details
Name:
 PALING
Given Name:
 JOHN EBBLEWHITE
Initials:
 J E
Service No:
 353566
Rank:
 Captain
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Regiment:
 East African Army Service Corps
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Date of Death:
 1942-10-06
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Age:
 30
Cause of Death:
 Died on active service
Additional
Information:
Son of Robert and Eleanor Ann Paling, of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. From The Nottinghamian December 1942: The younger of two brothers at the School, he showed much promise as a half-back at Rugby football, where in spite of a somewhat frail build and diminutive size, he was a tireless worker and a deadly tackler. He had been in Africa for some years
Commemoration
Country:
 Kenya
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Cemetery:
 GILGIL WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 E. 13.

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