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Petty Officer Stoker JOHN MURPHY

Service Number: D/K779
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

Date of Death

Died 13 December 1946

Age 56 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KANDY WAR CEMETERY

Spec. Memorial. 2. D. 1.

Sri Lanka

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Annie Murphy, of Birkdale, Southport, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

KANDY WAR CEMETERY
Sri Lanka
Number of casualties: 203
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