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Capt. Jack Cameron Short
British Army 2nd Btn. Parachute Regiment
from:Bexley, Kent
(d.30th Sep 1943)
When Jack Short was born on 8th October 1917 in Dartford, Kent, his father James, was 34 and his mother Isabella, was 33.
He married Stella Violet Hawkins on 23rd of April 1940 in Welling, Kent.
They had two children during their marriage.
He died as a young father on 30th of September 1943 in Sulmona, L'Aquila, Italy, at the age of 25, and was buried in Ortona, Chieti, Italy.