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Corporal JOHN STANLEY DOUGLAS BUCHAN

Service Number: 6457196
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Leicestershire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 July 1942

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY

Plot 6C. Row C. Grave 3.

Sri Lanka

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Elizabeth Buchan, of Hounslow, Middlesex.
  • Personal Inscription GOD TAKES OUR LOVED ONES FROM OUR HOMES BUT NEVER FROM OUR HEARTS
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Buried or commemorated at

COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Sri Lanka
Number of casualties: 385
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