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Name, Rank & Service No. Unit, Regiment, Country of Service Date of Death Commemorated at
ROBERT JOHN MURPHY
Serjeant
Service Number: 105/L0528
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
United Kingdom
Died 09 December 1942
24 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6C. Row C. Grave 18.
Sri Lanka
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FREDERICK ARTHUR NEWTON
Private
Service Number: 4865065
2nd Bn.
Leicestershire Regiment
United Kingdom
Died 21 October 1942
32 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6C. Row A. Grave 24.
Sri Lanka
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NEIL MCKAY NICHOLSON
Lieut-Commander (E)
H.M.S. Lanka
Royal Naval Reserve
United Kingdom
Died 13 October 1942
58 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6C. Row A. Grave 19.
Sri Lanka
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HUBERT LESLIE PARRY
Lance Serjeant
Service Number: 5953673
1st Bn.
Northamptonshire Regiment
United Kingdom
Died 14 December 1942
26 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6C. Row D. Grave 16.
Sri Lanka
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LAMA HEWAGE RATNAPALA
Private
Service Number: 858
Ceylon Army Service Corps
United Kingdom
Died 22 September 1942
40 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6C. Row C. Grave 3.
Sri Lanka
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JOSEPH RAYMOND RYAN
Private
Service Number: NX42812
A.I.F. 2 Bn.
Australian Infantry
Australian
Died 03 June 1942
19 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6B. Row P. Grave 1.
Sri Lanka
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ERNEST JOHN SANDFORD
Gunner
Service Number: NX3303
A.I.F. 21 Field Regt.
Royal Australian Artillery
Australian
Died 25 May 1942
37 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6B. Row J. Grave 13.
Sri Lanka
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KALUGALAGE EDWARD SILVA
Private
Service Number: CEY/5783
3 Ceylon Aux. Pioneer Bn.
Ceylon Pioneers
United Kingdom
Died 21 August 1942
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6D. Row M. Grave 8.
Sri Lanka
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GEORGE EDWARD HENRY SKINGLEY
Air Mechanic 1st Class
Service Number: FX79400
H.M.S. Hermes.
Royal Navy
United Kingdom
Died 05 April 1942
21 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6B. Row N. Grave 5.
Sri Lanka
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CHARLES GEORGE OLIVER SPELDEWINDE
Captain
Service Number: 532
Ceylon Railway Engineers Corps
United Kingdom
Died 26 June 1944
48 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 5C. Row O. Grave 13.
Sri Lanka
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