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Pte John Charles Door
British Army 9th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment
(d.14th July 1916)
John Door served at Gallipoli landing near Lala Baba at Sulva Bay on 6th August 1915 - his unit was part of the 11th (Northern Division).
The unit was withdrawn from Gallipoli on 20th of December 1915.
After service in Alexandria the 11th Division was sent to France landing at Marseilles on 1st July 1916 travelling by train to the Western Front.
The Battle of the Somme commenced on the 1st of July 1916 but John died on 14th of July 1916.
He was presumed dead and has no know grave as his body was never recovered but he is remembered on the Arras Memorial.
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