SCOBBIE, John Ross
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
5 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Gordon Highlanders
Service:
Army
Number:
3247849
Died :
Wednesday, January 17, 1945
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
26
Cemetery/Memorial:
Private John Scobbie died on 17 January 1945 of wounds received on 1 January 1945 during operations at Myebon, Burma. He has no known grave. Previously employed at the Glasgow Iron and Steel Company. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs Matthew Scobbie of Broompark Road, Whytegates.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/88.
Issue 9 of the Third Jungle Book.
Account below in the Wishaw Press 09 February 1945.
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