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Major JOHN EDMUND BURKE

Service Number: 253488
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Essex Regiment

Date of Death

Died 17 May 1945

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COLOMBO (LIVERAMENTU) CEMETERY

1. F. 3.

Sri Lanka

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Patrick and Lilian Emily Burke, of Bath, England. Husband of Mary Burke (nee Hulme).
  • Personal Inscription REUNITED
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Buried or commemorated at

COLOMBO (LIVERAMENTU) CEMETERY
Sri Lanka
Number of casualties: 621
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