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Name, Rank & Service No. Unit, Regiment, Country of Service Date of Death Commemorated at
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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LEONARD PHILIP BROWN
Gunner
Service Number: 911516
114 Field Regt.
Royal Artillery
United Kingdom
Died 25 August 1942
21 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6C. Row B. Grave 6.
Sri Lanka
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ALLAN JOHN BROWNE
Sergeant
Service Number: 400516
Royal Australian Air Force
Australian
Died 05 April 1942
25 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6B. Row O. Grave 5.
Sri Lanka
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REGINALD PERCY BUCKTON
Able Seaman
Service Number: C/J96834
H.M.S. Kent.
Royal Navy
United Kingdom
Died 13 December 1939
34 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6B. Row M. Grave 12.
Sri Lanka
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JAMES VIVIAN O'BRIEN
Private
Service Number: NX54662
A.I.F. 2/2 Bn.
Australian Infantry
Australian
Died 12 July 1942
17 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6C. Row C. Grave 1.
Sri Lanka
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HUBERT LESLIE PARRY
Lance Serjeant
Service Number: 5953673
1st Bn.
Northamptonshire Regiment
United Kingdom
Died 14 December 1942
26 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6C. Row D. Grave 16.
Sri Lanka
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JOSEPH ERNEST PHILLIPS
Lieutenant
Service Number: 159296
Royal Artillery
United Kingdom
Died 08 March 1943
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6C. Row E. Grave 12.
Sri Lanka
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LOUIS ANTHONY OVENS
Warrant Officer
Service Number: 590927
30 Sqdn.
Royal Air Force
United Kingdom
Died 05 April 1942
23 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6B. Row O. Grave 3.
Sri Lanka
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THOMAS GALBRAITH PAXTON
Flight Sergeant
Service Number: 1053584
30 Sqdn.
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
United Kingdom
Died 07 April 1942
20 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6B. Row L. Grave 17.
Sri Lanka
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