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Philip Johnson P J Draper, Captain served with Royal Engineers, 5 Assault Regt..
Service number: '226277'. Date of death: 1944-06-08. Age: 22. Country: France.
Buried at Bayeux War Cemetery, grave reference X. J. 20..
SON OF S. HAROLD AND ELSIE DRAPER, OF SOUTHSEA, HAMPSHIRE. B.A., HONS. (CANTAB.).
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