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Name, Rank & Service No. Unit, Regiment, Country of Service Date of Death Commemorated at
JOHN HENRY NORCUP
Company Quartermaster Serjeant
Service Number: 2306658
Royal Corps of Signals
United Kingdom
Died 21 May 1942
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6B. Row J. Grave 16.
Sri Lanka
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WILLIAM PATRICK GREGORY O'BRIEN
Flying Officer
Service Number: 60852
217 Sqdn.
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
United Kingdom
Died 29 January 1943
30 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6C. Row D. Grave 17.
Sri Lanka
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OTIM AKORA
Private
Service Number: N/14176
King's African Rifles
United Kingdom
Died 12 April 1943
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6C. Row E. Grave 24.
Sri Lanka
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LOUIS ANTHONY OVENS
Warrant Officer
Service Number: 590927
30 Sqdn.
Royal Air Force
United Kingdom
Died 05 April 1942
23 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6B. Row O. Grave 3.
Sri Lanka
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THOMAS GALBRAITH PAXTON
Flight Sergeant
Service Number: 1053584
30 Sqdn.
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
United Kingdom
Died 07 April 1942
20 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6B. Row L. Grave 17.
Sri Lanka
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DEMUNI PEDRICK SINGHO
Sapper
Service Number: 7731
Ceylon Engineers
United Kingdom
Died 31 December 1945
21 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 4G. Row G. Grave 12A.
Sri Lanka
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Sir ROBERT PEEL
Ordinary Seaman
Service Number: P/JX/261730
H.M.S. Tenedos
Royal Navy
United Kingdom
Died 05 April 1942
21 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Sp. Mem. Plot 6B. Row N. Joint Grave 4A.
Sri Lanka
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HETTIARACHCHIGE ALBERT PERERA
Sapper
Service Number: 6134
Ceylon Engineers
United Kingdom
Died 02 December 1942
26 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6C. Row B. Grave 22.
Sri Lanka
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KENNETH JOHN MAJOR PETTITT
Sub-Lieutenant (A)
H.M.S. Lanka.
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
United Kingdom
Died 05 April 1942
21 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6B. Row P. Grave 16.
Sri Lanka
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WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Gunner
Service Number: 1126922
115 Field Regt.
Royal Artillery
United Kingdom
Died 13 March 1943
20 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6C. Row E. Grave 14.
Sri Lanka
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