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Stoker Mechanic MATTHEW ARAKAL THARU

Service Number: K/34
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Ceylon Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 22 September 1941

Buried or commemorated at

COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY

Plot 6B. Row O. Grave 15.

Sri Lanka

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Arakal Tharu and Arakal Kunhila; husband of A. M. Eliakutty, of Pookodeambam, South Malabar, India.
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Buried or commemorated at

COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Sri Lanka
Number of casualties: 385
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