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Lance Bombardier WILLIAM GEORGE GAFNEY

Service Number: 6010593
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

49 Bty., 48 Lt. A.A. Regt.

Date of Death

Died 21 February 1942

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

JAKARTA (ANCOL) NETHERLANDS FIELD OF HONOUR

III. 1-2.

Indonesia

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Cecilia Gafney; husband of Eileen Lucy Gafney, of Romford, Essex.
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Buried or commemorated at

JAKARTA (ANCOL) NETHERLANDS FIELD OF HONOUR
Indonesia
Number of casualties: 131
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