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Serjeant JOSEPH WILLIAM RICHARD COLES

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Hong Kong Dockyard Defence Corps

Date of Death

Died 02 October 1942

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SAI WAN MEMORIAL

Column 35.

China, (including Hong Kong)

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William George and Ellen Cocker Coles; husband of Mary Ozorio Coles, of Kowloon, Hong Kong.
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Buried or commemorated at

SAI WAN MEMORIAL
China, (including Hong Kong)
Number of casualties: 2072
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