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Petty Officer WALTER STANLEY NEAR

Service Number: 21444
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Australian Navy

H.M.A.S. Birchgrove Park

Date of Death

Died 12 October 1945

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AMBON WAR CEMETERY

28. C. 15.

Indonesia

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of John Burton Near and Ada Mary Near; husband of Joan Evangelist Near, of Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia.
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Buried or commemorated at

AMBON WAR CEMETERY
Indonesia
Number of casualties: 2147
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