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Major THOMAS RICHARD MELLING

Service Number: EC/10842
Regiment & Unit/Ship

3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles

Date of Death

Died 21 December 1945

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

JAKARTA WAR CEMETERY

5. D. 10.

Indonesia

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Indian
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas Richard and Marjorie Melling; husband of Edna Mabel Melling, of Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription "UNSEEN, YET ONE WHO KNEW HOW DEEDS WERE DONE SAW HOW A HERO FOUGHT AND WON"
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Buried or commemorated at

JAKARTA WAR CEMETERY
Indonesia
Number of casualties: 1181
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