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Petty Officer ERNEST OAKES

Service Number: D/J87196
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Exeter.

Date of Death

Died 18 August 1944

Age 46 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AMBON WAR CEMETERY

29. F. 12.

Indonesia

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Winnifred Oakes, of Crewe, Cheshire; husband of Eliza Alice Walley Oakes, of Crewe.
  • Personal Inscription LOVE'S LAST GIFT, REMEMBRANCE
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Buried or commemorated at

AMBON WAR CEMETERY
Indonesia
Number of casualties: 2147
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