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Second Lieutenant BASIL PERCY DRAKEFORD

Service Number: 227086
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Date of Death

Died 28 May 1942

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

JAKARTA WAR CEMETERY

4. E. 11.

Indonesia

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward Percy Goode and Edith Drakeford, of Brondesbury, Middlesex. His brother, David Goode Drakeford, also died on service.
  • Personal Inscription ELDEST SON OF EDWARD PERCY GOODE DRAKEFORD OF LONDON, ENGLAND
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Buried or commemorated at

JAKARTA WAR CEMETERY
Indonesia
Number of casualties: 1181
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