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HAZLERIGG

Redfern, J.T., Pte., 1917
In Dar Es Salaam War Cemetery, Tanzania, is the Commonwealth War Grave of 57722 Private John Thomas Redfern, serving with the Royal Army Medical Corps, who died 12/04/1917.

Morpeth Herald 27/04/1917 carries a brief obituary:

Mrs Redfern, 12 Windt Street, Hazelrigg [sic], has been notified that her husband, Private J.T. Redfern, R.A.M.C., British East Africa, died on April 12th from malarial fever. The deceased was formerly employed at Dinnington Colliery. He leaves a widow and four children.

He is remembered at Brunswick Village on B118.01, at Dinnington on D10.04 and at Hazlerigg on H28.01


The CWGC entry for Private Redfern

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