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Bombardier HAROLD GOFTON

Service Number: 1594942
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

78 Bty., 35 Lt. A.A. Regt.

Date of Death

Died 09 September 1945

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LABUAN WAR CEMETERY

L. C. 1.

Malaysia

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick Robert and Mary Louisa Gofton; husband of Lilian Gofton, of Grimethorpe, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription "UNTIL THE DAY BREAK." IN LIFE, A COMFORT TO MANY; IN MEMORY, AN INSPIRATION
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Buried or commemorated at

LABUAN WAR CEMETERY
Malaysia
Number of casualties: 3906
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