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Second Lieutenant HENRY DESMOND HELSHAM

Service Number: 846
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Ceylon Army Service Corps

Date of Death

Died 06 July 1945

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY

Plot 6A. Row K. Grave 10.

Sri Lanka

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George Desmond Helsham and Phyllis Helsham, of Mutwal, Ceylon.
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Buried or commemorated at

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