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Killed in Action
Cambridgeshire Regiment
1st Battalion
History
Compiled by Ron Taylor
In Memory of David Langton
Thailand-Burma Railway
From Fred Taylor (Private 5776807)
Working parties had increased, and on the 18th June my turn came, I was now feeling a lot better but the food and conditions at Changi were very bleak, rice and green leaves were our diet, the water had to be boiled and the sanitary conditions were terrible, so I was glad to get away. With a party of 600 others under the command of Major P.D. Weir of the 118 Field Regiment, RA, and Major M.T. Read, 196 Field Ambulance, R.A.M.C. both of the 18th Division. We were herded into cattle trucks and driven up Malaya and into Thailand.
Cattle trucks to Thailand
by Charles Thrale
After five days in those cattle trucks, which were very cold at night and stiflingly hot during the day, we were very grateful to arrive at Non Pladuk and were treated very well, the food was a lot better then at Changi. Our first job was to clear a large area of trees and put up our atapi shelters, we were told a Japanese workshop was to be built there, then word got around that it was to be the start of a railway line to go 415kms to Burma.
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Atapi Shelter
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Picture Supplied by Helen Elliott
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As the Jap engineers started to arrived a cook house was set up, Jimmy O'Conner was Divisional HQ cook and he asked me to volunteer with him to help the Jap cooks. We settled down to making manjou cakes for the Japs, we had to grind the rice into a kind of flour by hitting it with a mallet, soya beans were then given the same treatment, then water was added to the rice making a kind of dough, the soya beans were then added and the Japs ate these raw. Jimmy had the idea of baking them like we would buns, he talked the Japanese cook into trying this, and they were an immediate success. The Japanese cook's name was Otto, he took us under his wing making about 1,000 manjou cakes a day using Jimmy's recipe.
By October the now infamous Death Railway was under way and the guards now arriving were Koreans and Sikhs, they were a lot more sadistic then the Japs, being held under by the Japs for a long time, it was now their turn to serve out the punishment and this they did with gusto. A large bamboo cane was carried by the guards, this was nicknamed the 'bamboo interpreter', if they wanted to get the message across, you would feel it on the most sensitive parts of your body.
The railway tracks from Burma and Thailand were joined at Konkoita in October 1943.
The price paid 12,614 Allied deaths
Plus an estimated 80,000 Romusha (Native Labour) deaths.
Death Roll
Thailand-Burma Railway
Please click on the  next to each date below to extend information
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Date
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Name
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Service/No
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1942/12/04
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Tuckett, Neville Tim
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6018901
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1942/12/10
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Betson, Harry Walter
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5932939
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1942/12/14
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Clark, Albert
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5933436
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1942/12/22
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Hall, Ernest John
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5827496
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1943/01/08
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Eyland, Kenneth Robert
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6020863
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1943/01/29
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Fuller, Reginald
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5932654
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1943/02/27
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Walker, James Alfred Pratt
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5832842
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1943/03/02
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Fussey, Richard William
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5933317
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1943/03/14
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Stoneham, Robert Alfred
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6019463
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1943/04/15
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Watling, Herbert
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5825850
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1943/04/23
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Hardy, William Harold
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5933114
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1943/05/03
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Cade, Harry Ronald Hill
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5933453
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1943/05/04
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Anders, Norman
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5827486
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1943/05/09
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McGrath, Brian
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6018923
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1943/05/09
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Kirkpatrick, Greig James
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5933202
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1943/05/15
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Taylor, Ernest John
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6028688
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1943/05/15
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Knight, Herbert Basil
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5933450
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1943/05/23
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Porter, Ernest
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5932802
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1943/05/26
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Lammin, Charles Henry
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6020935
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1943/05/27
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Wiseman, Archibald Henry
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5932678
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1943/05/28
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Palmer, Eric William
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5836234
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1943/05/29
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Dearing, Edwin William
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6020854
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1943/05/30
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Burge, James Henry
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6019362
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1943/05/30
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Welch, William Henry
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5830846
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1943/05/30
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Wright, Maurice Harry
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5933274
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1943/05/30
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Hines, Charles Alfred
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6019391
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1943/06/01
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Dare, Kenneth George
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6028549
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1943/06/02
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Pettit, Clarence Leslie
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5946673
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1943/06/02
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Rutterford, Stanley Oliver
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5933356
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1943/06/03
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Day, Charles Edward
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5835267
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1943/06/03
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Swann, Charles William
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5933370
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1943/06/03
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Martin, Archibald Derrick
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5933325
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1943/06/03
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Batcheler, Arthur George
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6019489
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1943/06/04
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Cook, Walter
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5933278
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1943/06/05
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Hill, Ronald William
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5827377
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1943/06/05
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Chambers, Bertie Charles
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6019093
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1943/06/06
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Codling, Thomas Edward
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5832534
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1943/06/06
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Chamberlain, Arthur Edward
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6019321
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1943/06/07
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Jolley, John Arthur
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5933199
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1943/06/08
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Scotcher, William Herbert
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5831570
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1943/06/08
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Coote, Charles Victor
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5832401
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1943/06/08
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Brazill, John Henry
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5989425
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1943/06/13
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Eldred, Ernest John
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5832572
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1943/06/13
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Weston, Herbert Edward
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6028840
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1943/06/14
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Randle, Leonard William
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5832219
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1943/06/16
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Kester, Victor David
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5932422
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1943/06/17
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Cutting, Ernest Phillip
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5832552
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1943/06/17
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Kerry, Walter Frederick
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5932743
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1943/06/19
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Beard, Ernest Albert
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6028781
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1943/06/20
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Stagg, George
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5932638
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1943/06/21
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Wilson, Eric Arthur
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5827760
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1943/06/24
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Elvidge, Gordon Frank
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5832577
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1943/06/24
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Hazell, Alan Wentworth
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5933308
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1943/06/24
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French, Harold Edward
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5933185
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1943/06/25
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Bunce, Charles Ernest
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5832498
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1943/06/28
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Church, Kenneth Sidney James
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5827913
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1943/06/28
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Whinney, Benjamin John
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5834837
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1943/06/29
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Perrott, Arthur Leslie
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5830465
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1943/06/29
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Picton, Stanley
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5833625
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1943/06/30
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Wakefield, Reginald William
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5828912
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1943/06/30
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Earp, John Henry
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4805336
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1943/06/30
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Willcox, Harold Morgan
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5833208
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1943/06/30
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James, Basil
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5830872
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1943/06/30
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Peto, Frederick
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6018836
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1943/07/02
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Culliford, Arthur Stanley
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6020849
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1943/07/03
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Wallace, William Henry
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6019309
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1943/07/03
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Brewster, James William
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6020735
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1943/07/04
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Holmes, Albert William
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6028817
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1943/07/05
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Honeybun, William George
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5932570
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1943/07/05
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Carter, Arthur Edward
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5931752
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1943/07/09
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Gadsby, Cyril Frank
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5832599
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1943/07/10
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Thurgood, Frank John
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5933078
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1943/07/10
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Thompson, Frederick William
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6019487
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1943/07/12
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Ritchie, Douglas Alfred
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6019346
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1943/07/13
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Faircliff, William
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5932727
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1943/07/14
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Kingwell, Sidney William
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6020930
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1943/07/14
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Gladwell, Arthur John
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5933322
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1943/07/18
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Holder, Charles Allan
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5933435
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1943/07/19
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Westmoreland, Eric
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5833672
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1943/07/20
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Huggett, Arthur John
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5835987
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1943/07/20
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Miles, Douglas George
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5933152
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1943/07/22
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Gibbs, Cecil John
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5832298
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1943/07/23
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Jordan, Jack Horace
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5932428
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1943/07/24
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Knightley, Samuel Matthew
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6019119
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1943/07/28
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Harvey, Reginald Richard William
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6019449
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1943/07/29
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Cunningham, James Henry
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5830343
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1943/07/29
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Austin, Reginald George Cecil
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5933178
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1943/07/31
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Miles, Henry Charles
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6028768
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1943/08/02
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Gorham, Frederick Charles
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5834374
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1943/08/03
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Coleby, Arthur Hector
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1803927
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1943/08/03
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Jordan, Albert Leslie
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6020922
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1943/08/04
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Crabb, Christopher Alfred
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5933786
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1943/08/07
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Hales, John William
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6019108
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1943/08/09
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Carter, Charles Raymond
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5933312
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1943/08/11
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Howe, Herbert
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5830398
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1943/08/13
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Bishop, Leslie Herbert
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6028545
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1943/08/15
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Barford, Sidney William
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5833765
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1943/08/22
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Hard, Douglas George
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5828901
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1943/08/22
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Marshall, Alan Raymond
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5828898
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1943/08/31
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Seamark, Frederick Charles
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5933830
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1943/08/31
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Cornwell, Willie George
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5933481
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1943/09/03
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Spalding, George
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5828904
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1943/09/05
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Wright, Thomas Arthur
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5933267
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1943/09/08
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Hunt, Robert Algar
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5933373
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1943/09/13
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Stearn, George Lester John
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5933423
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1943/09/17
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Haylock, Edward Victor John
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5933427
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1943/09/17
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Parr, Walter Frederick
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5932625
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1943/09/21
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Robinson, Jack
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5827748
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1943/09/26
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Ryan, John Henry
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6028649
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1943/09/26
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Coham, Arscott
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6019063
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1943/09/30
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Dorling, Cecil Herbert
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5833804
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1943/10/02
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Sims, John Thomas
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6028774
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1943/10/02
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Baines, Kenneth Frederick
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5933426
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1943/10/03
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Davies, William Thomas
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5827443
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1943/10/03
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Custerson, Norman Charles
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5933218
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1943/10/04
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Day, George Daniel
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5823645
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1943/10/11
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Grace, Henry
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5833574
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1943/10/14
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Heffer, Arthur George
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5933192
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1943/10/16
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Peach, Stanley Frederick
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5836413
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1943/10/16
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Duhig, Terence
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6019344
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1943/10/17
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Clark, Jack
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5832524
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1943/10/19
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Castle, Reginald Frederick John
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5959192
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1943/10/19
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Bennett, Franklin James
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5932687
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1943/10/22
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Pipe, Alfred George
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5835530
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1943/10/22
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Francis, Percy
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5932983
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1943/10/23
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Mears, Walter Thomas
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5832305
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1943/10/23
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Blackman, John Henry
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6018661
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1943/10/26
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Long, Harry George
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6019122
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1943/10/27
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Fuller, Frederick William
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5832598
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1943/10/27
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Carlton, Arthur William
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5932864
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1943/10/28
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Knight, Eric
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5830969
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1943/10/30
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Darlow, Kenneth Owen
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134198
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1943/10/31
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Pike, Albert John
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6019132
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1943/11/01
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Bacon, Leslie Bernard
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5833215
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1943/11/03
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Cathersides, George William
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6019316
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1943/11/04
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Willis, Henry George William
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5828890
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1943/11/06
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Gostling, David John
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5828782
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1943/11/07
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Edgley, Alfred
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5932931
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1943/11/08
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Venn, Vincent Stanley
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5830532
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1943/11/10
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Thaxter, Christopher Harry
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5932803
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1943/11/12
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Francis, Ernest Robert John
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5829782
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1943/11/17
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Stacey, Douglas Walter Laventie
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6028833
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1943/11/18
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Kidman, Arthur Mitchell
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5933223
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1943/11/25
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Plumb, Robert George
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5933102
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1943/11/26
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Singleton, Joseph Wilfred
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6028971
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1943/11/28
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Cooper, Alfred John
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6028811
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1943/11/30
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Wright, George
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5933266
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1943/12/03
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Unwin, Sidney John
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5933281
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1943/12/05
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Hitch, Edwin John
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5933699
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1943/12/06
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Forsdike, Reginald Harry
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5833565
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1943/12/07
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Goddard, Gerald
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5827286
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1943/12/13
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Freeman, Henry
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6019104
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1943/12/15
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Wilson, William
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5932641
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1943/12/20
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Patterson, James
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6028622
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1943/12/26
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Haynes, Leonard Herbert
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5933204
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1943/12/27
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Burrows, Albert Arthur
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6020335
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1943/12/27
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Eusden, Harold James
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5932258
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1943/12/29
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Jenkinson, Stanley
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5830405
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1943/12/31
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Tinkler, Owen
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5827756
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1944/01/03
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Kidd, John
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5821508
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1944/02/07
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Watts, Reginald Charles
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6029064
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1944/02/15
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Cousins, Harold Robert
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5830341
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1944/03/01
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Wood, William George
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5827494
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1944/05/19
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Biggs, Sidney George
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5933200
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1944/09/07
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Mappledoram, Herbert
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5933601
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1944/10/24
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Wallis, Kenneth James
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5933310
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1944/10/28
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Howlett, Edward John
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6019464
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1945/07/01
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Newman, Frederick John
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5931744
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1945/07/31
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Barlow, Arthur Charles
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5823535
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1945/08/06
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King, Charles Robert
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5833717
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