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Name, Rank & Service No. Unit, Regiment, Country of Service Date of Death Commemorated at
CHRISTOPHER ALGERNON FONSEKA
Lance Serjeant
Service Number: 93
Ceylon Signal Corps
United Kingdom
Died 30 April 1945
26 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6C. Row G. Grave 25.
Sri Lanka
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JOHN GARLAND BOSHELL
Lieutenant
Service Number: 219220
North Staffordshire Regiment
United Kingdom
Died 28 November 1942
26 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6C. Row C. Grave 16.
Sri Lanka
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JOHN WILLIAM BRUCE
Private
Service Number: VX/19176
A.I.F. Gen. Base Depot
Australian Infantry
Australian
Died 19 October 1940
24 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6B. Row M. Grave 15.
Sri Lanka
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JOHN STANLEY DOUGLAS BUCHAN
Corporal
Service Number: 6457196
2nd Bn.
Leicestershire Regiment
United Kingdom
Died 14 July 1942
27 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6C. Row C. Grave 3.
Sri Lanka
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GLYNDWR BURWOOD
Leading Aircraftman
Service Number: 617201
273 Sqdn.
Royal Air Force
United Kingdom
Died 02 June 1941
23 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6B. Row N. Grave 10.
Sri Lanka
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JOHN CAMPBELL
Seaman
Service Number: D/X20154A
H.M.S. Hector
Royal Naval Reserve
United Kingdom
Died 05 April 1942
21 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6B. Row N. Grave 6.
Sri Lanka
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OWEN CAREY
Gunner
Service Number: I/26673
1/4 Field Regt.
Royal Artillery
United Kingdom
Died 15 September 1942
38 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6C. Row C. Grave 6.
Sri Lanka
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NORMAN CHATTERTON
Ordinary Seaman
Service Number: C/JX260725
H.M.S. Tenedos.
Royal Navy
United Kingdom
Died 05 April 1942
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Sp. Mem. Plot 6B. Row N. Joint grave 2.
Sri Lanka
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JAMES SYDNEY COTTINGHAM
Serjeant
Service Number: 7648875
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
United Kingdom
Died 12 May 1943
27 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6C. Row G. Grave 16.
Sri Lanka
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ELIAS EZEKIEL
Sapper
Service Number: 11773
19 Artisan Works Coy.
Indian Engineers
Indian
Died 10 August 1942
45 years old
COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Plot 6C. Row A. Grave 11.
Sri Lanka
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