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John Edward Parry
British Army 5th Battalion Cameron Highlanders (Queens Own)
from:Liverpool
(d.28th October 1944)
John Parry was my dad's brother. He was killed in action 28/10/1944. He was 29 when he was killed. He was married and he had a son who he never saw. His grave is at St Oedenrode Roman Catholic Churchyard.
He was involved in fighting near Eindhoven. The American 101st Airborne were trying to force a corridor. The British came up two days later. He died from injuries sustained and died at the Catholic Girls School at St Oedenrode which was being used as a field hospital.