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Leading Aircraftman JOHN LEIGHTON HARRISON

Service Number: 1402658
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

618 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 29 November 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TRINCOMALEE WAR CEMETERY

2. E. 2.

Sri Lanka

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Treharne Harrison, of Treharris, Glamorgan.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR SON. "UNTIL THE DAY BREAK, AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY"
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Buried or commemorated at

TRINCOMALEE WAR CEMETERY
Sri Lanka
Number of casualties: 366
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