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Name, Rank & Service No. Unit, Regiment, Country of Service Date of Death Commemorated at
LUNG SACK
Fireman
H.M.S. Empress of Asia.
Mercantile Marine Reserve
United Kingdom
Died 22 October 1914
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
IV. GK. 55.
Sri Lanka
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MATTHEW ARAKAL THARU
Stoker Mechanic
Service Number: K/34
Ceylon Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
United Kingdom
Died 22 September 1941
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6B. Row O. Grave 15.
Sri Lanka
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DAVID ALEC BOLTON
Leading Airman
Service Number: FX79396
H.M.S. Lanka.
Royal Navy
United Kingdom
Died 05 April 1942
22 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6B. Row P. Grave 12A.
Sri Lanka
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LEONARD PHILIP BROWN
Gunner
Service Number: 911516
114 Field Regt.
Royal Artillery
United Kingdom
Died 25 August 1942
21 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6C. Row B. Grave 6.
Sri Lanka
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JOHN WILLIAM BRUCE
Private
Service Number: VX/19176
A.I.F. Gen. Base Depot
Australian Infantry
Australian
Died 19 October 1940
24 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6B. Row M. Grave 15.
Sri Lanka
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JOHN STANLEY DOUGLAS BUCHAN
Corporal
Service Number: 6457196
2nd Bn.
Leicestershire Regiment
United Kingdom
Died 14 July 1942
27 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6C. Row C. Grave 3.
Sri Lanka
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OWEN CAREY
Gunner
Service Number: I/26673
1/4 Field Regt.
Royal Artillery
United Kingdom
Died 15 September 1942
38 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6C. Row C. Grave 6.
Sri Lanka
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BRUCE CHAPMAN
Gunner
Service Number: NX/21715
A.I.F. 2/15 Field Regt.
Royal Australian Artillery
Australian
Died 19 March 1942
21 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6B. Row O. Grave 16A.
Sri Lanka
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NORMAN CHATTERTON
Ordinary Seaman
Service Number: C/JX260725
H.M.S. Tenedos.
Royal Navy
United Kingdom
Died 05 April 1942
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Sp. Mem. Plot 6B. Row N. Joint grave 2.
Sri Lanka
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JAMES HAROLD CONWAY
Private
Service Number: 7370148
179 Field Amb.
Royal Army Medical Corps
United Kingdom
Died 28 March 1943
23 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6C. Row E. Grave 18.
Sri Lanka
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