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Name, Rank & Service No. Unit, Regiment, Country of Service Date of Death Commemorated at
YAM DHOJ RAI
Rifleman
Service Number: 105136
4th Bn.
10th Gurkha Rifles
Indian
Died 02 January 1943
19 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6C. Row E. Grave 5.
Sri Lanka
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PULUNKUTTIGE JIMMO NALLUWELA
Serjeant
Service Number: 8388
30 Mechanical Equipment Coy.
Ceylon Engineers
United Kingdom
Died 20 August 1945
33 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Sp. Mem. "A".
Sri Lanka
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ROBERT NASON NEILL
Flying Officer
Service Number: 404255
Royal Australian Air Force
Australian
Died 05 April 1942
25 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6B. Row O. Grave 6.
Sri Lanka
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ALBERT MERVYN NICHOLS
Sergeant
Service Number: 406256
Royal Australian Air Force
Australian
Died 05 May 1942
25 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6C. Row C. Grave 3.
Sri Lanka
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MATTHEW ARAKAL THARU
Stoker Mechanic
Service Number: K/34
Ceylon Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
United Kingdom
Died 22 September 1941
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6B. Row O. Grave 15.
Sri Lanka
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RICHARD St. CHAD ARKWRIGHT
Captain
H.M.S. Cornwall.
Royal Marines
United Kingdom
Died 07 October 1939
30 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6B. Row M. Grave 10.
Sri Lanka
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JOHN HENRY CECIL BASSETT
Major
Service Number: 69039
Royal Artillery
United Kingdom
Died 24 April 1943
26 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6C. Row F. Grave 17.
Sri Lanka
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WILLIAM ARTHUR JAMES BENNETT
Marine
Service Number: EX/2450
R.M. Group, M.N.B.D.O. 1.
Royal Marines
United Kingdom
Died 08 January 1942
22 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6B. Row N. Grave 13.
Sri Lanka
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HENRY ALBERT BIRKETT
Private
Service Number: 6470838
1st Bn.
Northamptonshire Regiment
United Kingdom
Died 28 November 1942
26 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6C. Row D. Grave 13.
Sri Lanka
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GEORGE HENRY BOWER
Petty Officer
Service Number: D/219511
H.M.S. Carthage.
Royal Navy
United Kingdom
Died 22 January 1940
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6B. Row M. Grave 13.
Sri Lanka
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