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Gunner John Edmund Dawe

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Military service

Service number: 970752
Age: 29
Rank: Gunner
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal Artillery
Division: 166 (Newfoundland) Field Regiment
Death: January 27, 1945

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: III, C, 3.
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Son of George H. and Sarah A. Dawe, of Summerville, Newfoundland.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 154 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
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CASTIGLIONE SOUTH AFRICAN CEMETERY Italy

Castiglione dei Pepoli is a town in the Province of Bologna about 60 kilometres north of Florence and about 60 kilometres south of Bologna. It is situated in mountainous country near the highest point of the road connecting Prato and Bologna. The cemetery is on the west side of the road a little to the north of the town. Take the autostrada A1 and leave it at Roncobilaccio exit and keep heading for Castiglione. The cemetery is at the edge of the road on the right entering the town.

The cemetery is permanently open and may be visited anytime.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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