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KYNASTON John Oswald Maurice Lieut

Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/20873

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SKR/DAT/IP/20873
Title
KYNASTON John Oswald Maurice Lieut
Date
2000-2024
Description

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Surname: KYNASTON;

Forename(s): John Oswald Maurice;

Initials: JOM;

Rank: Lieut;

Previous Battalion: 7 of;

Previous Regiment: Dorset Regt;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 74 Bn;

Date abroad: 27-Jun-1916;

Theatre of War: 1;

How killed: KIA;

Where: France;

When killed: 21-Sep-1918;

Other Data: prev 3393 16 London Regt - to Commsn 21/9/1918
TFWM - qualified with 74 Bn MGC - issued 9/1922
with 180 Coy July 1917;

Other Notes: KYNASTON, Lieutenant, JOHN OSWALD MAURICE, 74th Bn. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 21st September 1918. Age 24. Son of Godfrey Peel Kynaston and Alice Kynaston, of 7, Marchwood Crescent, Ealing, London. B. 5. Hargicourt Communal Cemetery Extension - Aisne, France.;

Related National Archives files: WO339/29800;

END OF RECORD.

Held by
Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
Language
English
Creator(s)
Graham Sacker
Physical description
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KYNASTON John Oswald Maurice Lieut