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John R Summers was born at Dundee in 1881 and attested on 13 November 1899, he was posted to Gibraltar and caught Pneumatic Fever there and returned home. He was then posted to the Army Reserve on 14 November 1902.
Returning to service on 10 August 1914, he entered the war in France on 8 November of that year but soon reported sick again. Returning home again he died there and was buried at Aberdeen (St. Peter's) Cemetery in 1916.
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