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Leading Seaman WILLIAM ROSS COWDROY

Service Number: 21820
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Australian Navy

H.M.A.S. Perth

Date of Death

Died 02 February 1944

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY

1. E. 41.

Thailand

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Henry Atfield Cowdroy and Gertrude Margaret Cowdroy, of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED
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Buried or commemorated at

KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY
Thailand
Number of casualties: 6982
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