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Jack J Smithies, Private served with The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C., 8th Bn..
Service number: '2064184'. Date of death: 1944-07-31. Age: 24. Country: France.
Buried at Ranville War Cemetery, grave reference IA. A. 12..
SON OF MR. AND MRS. S. SMITHIES; HUSBAND OF J. L. SMITHIES, OF LEEDS, YORKSHIRE.
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