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Able Seaman ROBERT WILLIAM GOWLAND

Service Number: C/JX657117
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Empire Arquebus.

Date of Death

Died 29 March 1945

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LAE WAR CEMETERY

T. C. 7.

Papua New Guinea

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Edward Gowland, and of Florence Gowland, of Wearhead, Co. Durham, England.
  • Personal Inscription PEACE, PERFECT PEACE. MOTHER, BROTHER AND SISTERS
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Buried or commemorated at

LAE WAR CEMETERY
Papua New Guinea
Number of casualties: 2819
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