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Killed in Action
Suffolk Regiment
4th Battalion
History
Compiled by Ron Taylor
Thailand-Burma Railway
June Mainland Party
Working parties were increasing to be sent oversea, and on the 18th June 1942 the Japanese started sending PoWs overland to Thailand with the promise of better food and accommodation. These Parties in June were known as the June Mainland Parties Travelling by train, across Malaya and Thailand. The June Mainland Party consisted of five train loads, roughly 3,000 PoWs. Their job was to get service yards ready for the working parties which would start in October 1942. The plan was to build a railway from Nong Pladuk, Thailand through to Burma.
‘F’ Force
Into 1943 the Japanese wanted the Railway finished as supplies and troops were desperately needed in Burma. The numbers of PoWs and Romusha (Native Labour) had fallen due to illness and deaths working on the railway, so they looked again to Singapore. The numbers of fit men required were not sufficient so the sick would now be included. The Japanese promised the sick a place to recuperate with better living accommodation by travelling further into Thailand.
The first of these forces were called ‘F’ Force, the first Train leaving Singapore 18th March 1943.
1943/04/18 - Train 1
1943/04/19 - Train 2
1943/04/20 - Train 3
1943/04/21 - Train 4
1943/04/22 - Train 5
1943/04/23 - Train 6
1943/04/24 - Train 7
1943/04/25 - Train 8
1943/04/26 - Train 9
1943/04/27 - Train 10
1943/04/28 - Train 11
1943/04/29 - Train 12
1943/04/30 - Train 13
Each train had roughly 600 PoWs on board each train, making a total force of 7,800 men.
This is the route taken to Thailand and beyond by ‘F’ Force, train 7, Leaving Singapore 24th March 1943.
1943/04/24 - Transported overland to Thailand with ‘F’ Force train 7
This was the 70th train to Thailand
Commander Lt-Col. S.W. Harris, 148 Field HQ, 18th Division
Cattle Trucks
Sketch by Leo Rawlings
The route in cattle trucks to Thailand:-
1943/04/25 - Kuala Lumpur (0300 hrs), had rice and dried fish at Ipoh (1600 hrs)
1943/04/26 - Reached Pai (0200 hrs), arrived Haadyi (1700 hrs)
1943/04/27 - Water in cattle trucks very short, heat stifling in trucks all day..
1943/04/29 - Reached Ban Pong
The PoWs were ordered off the Cattle trucks on arrival and after a walk of nearly a mile to a transit camp where they were then informed they would be marching North West along the railway route in 14 mile stages. Many of the PoWs tried to sell their possessions to the Thais but not at a good price as the Thais knew the PoWs from ‘F’ Force were already in bad shape and could not carry their baggage for long.
1943/05/01 - After two days of walking through the night, as it was too hot in the daylight sun, they reached the small town of Kanchanaburi. Many who tried to carry their possessions left them at this staging camp.
Walking at night caused many problems as the track was uneven with bamboo shots cutting into their feet, in time tropical ulcers would form.
1943/05/12 - PoWs from train 7 party moved out at 1930 hrs.
1943/06/01 - Reached Songkurai, many of the PoWs had dropped out along the 187 miles from Ban Pong.
‘F’ Force had the most deaths on the Thailand Burma Railway
‘F’ Force Summery
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British
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Australian
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Total
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Departed April 1943
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3336
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3664
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7000
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Returned Dec. 1943 - Sime Road
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175
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165
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340
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Returned Dec. 1943 - Changi
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835
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2060
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2895
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|
Returned Apr. 1944 - Changi
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295
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411
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706
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|
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1305
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2636
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3941
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Less Died at Changi
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17
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32
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49
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|
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1288
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2604
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3892
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I.J.A. Custody (Including Changi Hosp.)
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11
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11
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Alive as at 30th Apr. 1944
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1299
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2604
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3903
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|
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|
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Died Thailand Burma Railway
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2013
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1014
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3027
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Died Changi
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17
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32
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49
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Missing
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7
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14
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21
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Total Casualties
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2037
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1060
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3097
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Casualty Percentage
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61.03%
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28.95%
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44.21%
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In May ‘H’ followed to Thailand in 6 Train loads of PoWs, roughly another 3,600 PoWs.
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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1942/12/14
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Faith, Alfred Charles
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5833436
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1943/01/23
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Abbott, Charles Ernest William
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5833165
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1943/01/28
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Goodwin, Joseph Charles
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5829865
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1943/02/15
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Flatt, Victor Albert
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5825877
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1943/04/17
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Andrews, Ernest Albert George
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5830635
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1943/05/14
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Thirkettle, Charles Ernest
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5829803
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1943/05/19
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Rush, Albert Henry
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5827449
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1943/05/28
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Dixon, Walter Philip Arthur
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5827933
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1943/05/28
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Harkness, William
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6020617
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1943/05/30
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Paul, James
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6020103
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1943/05/30
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Flack, Reginald
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5827942
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1943/05/30
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Bugg, Sidney Charles
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5828171
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1943/06/01
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Owen, Arthur Lewis
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5828066
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1943/06/03
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Crisp, Alfred Arthur George
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5822511
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1943/06/04
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Smith, Harold James (Jim)
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5828223
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1943/06/04
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Weaving, John
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6028568
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|
1943/06/05
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Wildey, Edwin James
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5828992
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1943/06/05
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Snelling, Alfred Ernest
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5829644
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1943/06/06
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Cork, Timothy Everett
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164837
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|
1943/06/07
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Ashby, Charles William
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6018963
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1943/06/07
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Brandon, Henry Percival
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6020684
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1943/06/11
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Sheldrake, Frederick Arthur
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5828019
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|
1943/06/12
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Fleet, Frederick Archie
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5831092
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1943/06/13
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Beeby, John Henry
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5835451
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|
1943/06/13
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Game, George Thomas Cecil
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6021106
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1943/06/14
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Waters, Joffre Douglas
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5826847
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1943/06/16
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Gammage, Walter
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5829598
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1943/06/17
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Tipton, Jerry
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5830838
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1943/06/18
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Frost, George Albert Mills
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5830369
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1943/06/18
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Stone, Henry John
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6020714
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1943/06/20
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Davey, Robert Seymore
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5825975
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1943/06/23
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Winter, Albert
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5951860
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1943/06/24
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Dow, Arthur
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6028813
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1943/06/24
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Rowe, Frank
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5830829
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|
1943/06/25
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Walker, Andrew
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6021181
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|
1943/06/25
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Dolby, George Leslie
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5832971
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|
1943/06/25
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Collett, Francis Robert Charles
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5826640
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1943/06/25
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Dunnett, Allen
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5827167
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1943/06/26
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Moss, Olaf Ambrose
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5828095
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1943/06/27
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Minter, Stanley Ernest George
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5824986
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|
1943/06/28
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Richardson, William Sidney Francis
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5824068
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|
1943/06/29
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Cherry, Arthur Eric
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5828993
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|
1943/06/29
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Brown, Cyril George
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5832937
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|
1943/06/29
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Connolly, Richard James
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5829625
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1943/06/30
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Davies, Stanley William Edward
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6028580
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|
1943/07/02
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Cross, James
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6020764
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|
1943/07/02
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Pratt, Dick
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5833095
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|
1943/07/02
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Russ, Edward Harry
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6029056
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|
1943/07/03
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Ryland, Cecil
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6028743
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|
1943/07/04
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Stow, Albert James
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6020715
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|
1943/07/05
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Badman, Charles Benjamin
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5827896
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|
1943/07/06
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Moss, Harry Alan
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6010474
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|
1943/07/06
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Martin, William Charles
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5823924
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|
1943/07/06
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Jarvis, Sydney John
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6020618
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|
1943/07/06
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Bird, Ronald Elijah
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6019053
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|
1943/07/07
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Ball, Robert Henry
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5828999
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|
1943/07/07
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Bailey, Percy Leonard
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5825358
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|
1943/07/08
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Paul, Harry Gordon
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6286716
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|
1943/07/09
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Deacon, Charles Albert
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6013504
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|
1943/07/09
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Bowles, Alexander Arthur
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6019179
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|
1943/07/10
|
English, Nevil Percy
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5832979
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|
1943/07/12
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Savin, Kenneth
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5830831
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|
1943/07/12
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Adams, Ernest Frederick
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6019163
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|
1943/07/13
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Powell, Charles
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5833094
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|
1943/07/15
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Coates, Charles Edward
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5828150
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|
1943/07/16
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Jones, Henry Pryce
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5827281
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|
1943/07/16
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Arnold, Sidney Allan
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5833755
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|
1943/07/17
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Cottis, Percy Stanley Ernest
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6020696
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|
1943/07/17
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Mace, George William
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5826232
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|
1943/07/18
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Mattock, Robert George
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5830613
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|
1943/07/20
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Dalton, Arnold John
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874487
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|
1943/07/21
|
Scott, Sydney Etherington
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148881
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|
1943/07/21
|
Beecroft, Bernard Victor
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5830621
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|
1943/07/21
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West, Basil Charles
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5834440
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|
1943/07/23
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Ashworth, Thomas
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5827895
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|
1943/07/23
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Mott, George Stanley
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5833062
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|
1943/07/25
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Savage, Reginald George
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5830601
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|
1943/07/26
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Theobald, Frank William Isaac
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5826775
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|
1943/07/27
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Porter, Thomas Arthur
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5830984
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|
1943/07/27
|
Greatorex, Cyril Browning
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6007831
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|
1943/07/27
|
Chuter, Frederick Henry
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6013954
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|
1943/07/27
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Fullerton, Douglas Vincent
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5829591
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|
1943/07/28
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Fuller, George
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5834371
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|
1943/07/28
|
Wright, Albert George
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5825510
|
|
1943/07/29
|
Norton, Sidney Walker
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5833070
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|
1943/07/31
|
Rogers, John Thomas
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5829590
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|
1943/08/01
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Wythe, Victor Jack
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5826852
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|
1943/08/02
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Anker, George
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5832910
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|
1943/08/05
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Carter, Frank Henry
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5827475
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|
1943/08/06
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Marsh, Albert Edward
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5829619
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|
1943/08/06
|
Rawe, Henry
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6020183
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|
1943/08/07
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Alliston, Jack Ernest
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6020671
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|
1943/08/07
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Bailey, George Alfred
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5835444
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|
1943/08/08
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Carrier, Percy Frederick
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5832945
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|
1943/08/10
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Tattman, William Charles
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5833658
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|
1943/08/10
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Garrod, Ronald Frank
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5825934
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|
1943/08/10
|
Rush, Samuel
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5831230
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|
1943/08/11
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Thorpe, Walter John
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5833142
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|
1943/08/12
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Cady, John
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5827008
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|
1943/08/14
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Ridge, Harold James
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5830825
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|
1943/08/14
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Knight, Hubert William
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5828183
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|
1943/08/16
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Breen, James Joseph
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5833406
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|
1943/08/16
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Kirvin, Andrew Edward
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6013650
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|
1943/08/18
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Heather, Frederick James
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5828977
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|
1943/08/19
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Thompson, Sidney Edward
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5835315
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|
1943/08/20
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Stearne, William Selby
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5826886
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|
1943/08/20
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Chambers, George Lorraine
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5826127
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|
1943/08/20
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Everett, Bertram Joseph
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5834362
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|
1943/08/21
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Fountain, Jack Alexander
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5832591
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|
1943/08/21
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Mutimer, William Ypres
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5833065
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|
1943/08/22
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Doolan, Cyril Stuart
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6019070
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|
1943/08/23
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Driver, Albert
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5831194
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|
1943/08/25
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Leech, Charles
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5825374
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|
1943/08/25
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Rapson, Frederick Edwin Joseph
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6028709
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|
1943/08/25
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Cook, Frank Herbert
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5826596
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|
1943/08/27
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Fyson, Ernest
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5833178
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|
1943/08/27
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Powrie, John Mcintosh
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5829603
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|
1943/08/28
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Newell, Leonard
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6019248
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|
1943/08/28
|
Blake, William George
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5828252
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|
1943/08/31
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Fellgett, George Leslie Mons
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5828190
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|
1943/08/31
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Hawksbee, Leonard
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5826501
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|
1943/09/01
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King, John William Francis
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5827721
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|
1943/09/01
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Potkins, Albert Charles
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5833093
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|
1943/09/01
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Sweeting, John
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6021190
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|
1943/09/01
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Pilgrim, James
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6019037
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|
1943/09/02
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Baldry, Cyril Ronald
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5827169
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|
1943/09/02
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Keeble, John William
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5827824
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|
1943/09/03
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Richardson, Henry Arthur John
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5826837
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|
1943/09/03
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Gillbanks, Bernard Creamer
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6021169
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|
1943/09/03
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West, Charles Henry
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5828978
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|
1943/09/05
|
Fayers, Edward William
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6013702
|
|
1943/09/06
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Smith, Ralph
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5826465
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|
1943/09/06
|
Grimwade, Herbert George
|
6020746
|
|
1943/09/06
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Kent, Herbert Charles
|
5825640
|
|
1943/09/07
|
Moore, Leonard Eugene
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5827273
|
|
1943/09/08
|
Howard, John Thomas Alfred
|
5830955
|
|
1943/09/09
|
Cook, Cyril
|
5832957
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|
1943/09/09
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Reardon, Leslie William
|
5829626
|
|
1943/09/09
|
Hilder, Albert Thomas
|
6013516
|
|
1943/09/10
|
Bacon, Leonard
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5824468
|
|
1943/09/10
|
Kemp, Reginald John
|
5830611
|
|
1943/09/10
|
Chapman, Edward Charles
|
5826579
|
|
1943/09/10
|
Hodgson, Richard Derrick
|
6013870
|
|
1943/09/11
|
Crane, Percy George
|
5827667
|
|
1943/09/12
|
Burch, Harry Walter
|
6013679
|
|
1943/09/12
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Cooper, Charles Alfred
|
6013469
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|
1943/09/13
|
Gooday, Norman George
|
6019078
|
|
1943/09/13
|
Scofield, William John
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5829800
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|
1943/09/14
|
Weinblatt, Raphael Leslie
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5829641
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|
1943/09/14
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Horning, Stanley James
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6020589
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|
1943/09/15
|
Sadler, Bertie William
|
5835294
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|
1943/09/15
|
Ling, Victor George
|
5830602
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|
1943/09/15
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Llewellyn, Leslie George
|
6020074
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|
1943/09/16
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Bending, George
|
5827417
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|
1943/09/17
|
Fisher, Henry Edward
|
5833174
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|
1943/09/18
|
Cahill, Alec
|
5829614
|
|
1943/09/19
|
Redgewell, Cyril
|
6020708
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|
1943/09/20
|
Noyce, George William Sidney
|
5827459
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|
1943/09/20
|
Stearne, Roydon Samuel
|
5826882
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|
1943/09/20
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Ashdown, Stanley Salonika
|
6020674
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|
1943/09/21
|
Potter, George Edward
|
6019255
|
|
1943/09/22
|
Garrod, Frederick Charles
|
5835273
|
|
1943/09/23
|
Garner, Olly Valentine
|
5824786
|
|
1943/09/24
|
Kemp, Cyril
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6020650
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|
1943/09/24
|
Pilbeam, Reginald F.
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5831363
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|
1943/09/25
|
Buller, Harry
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5827298
|
|
1943/09/25
|
Caley, George
|
5835463
|
|
1943/09/25
|
Warner, Geoffrey William
|
5827176
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|
1943/09/26
|
Minter, Arthur James
|
5825712
|
|
1943/09/30
|
Ford, Ernest Henry
|
5831281
|
|
1943/10/01
|
Bannister, Arthur Horace Frederick
|
6020610
|
|
1943/10/02
|
Stockman, George Victor
|
5829755
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|
1943/10/03
|
Lloyd, Albert Cecil
|
5830612
|
|
1943/10/03
|
Durrant, James William
|
5828195
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|
1943/10/03
|
Smith, Joseph Horace
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5830836
|
|
1943/10/05
|
Gosling, Frederick George
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5828097
|
|
1943/10/07
|
Turner, George
|
5829975
|
|
1943/10/08
|
Pope, James Henry
|
5833628
|
|
1943/10/09
|
Russell, Joseph William
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6020600
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|
1943/10/10
|
Catchpole, Bert Albert
|
5824120
|
|
1943/10/12
|
Lee, James
|
5827546
|
|
1943/10/12
|
Trumpeter, George Ellis
|
5827067
|
|
1943/10/13
|
Pinney, George Robert
|
5833718
|
|
1943/10/14
|
Reeder, Leonard Henry
|
5828147
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|
1943/10/15
|
Ely, F. Charles
|
5830616
|
|
1943/10/15
|
Rose, Dennis Arthur Robinson
|
5828228
|
|
1943/10/16
|
Archer, William John
|
6018934
|
|
1943/10/16
|
Grimmer, Wilfred Edward
|
5834987
|
|
1943/10/16
|
England, Sidney John
|
6020613
|
|
1943/10/21
|
Crane, Cyril
|
5826179
|
|
1943/10/23
|
Girling, Stephen Thomas
|
5826891
|
|
1943/10/23
|
Arbon, Sidney James
|
5829871
|
|
1943/10/24
|
Berry, Alfred Robert
|
5828243
|
|
1943/10/24
|
Jay, John Charles
|
5826896
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|
1943/10/27
|
Deeks, Arthur George
|
6021095
|
|
1943/10/27
|
Gooding, George William
|
5828133
|
|
1943/10/30
|
Manning, William Charles
|
5825799
|
|
1943/11/01
|
South, Percy Harold
|
5833126
|
|
1943/11/05
|
Furze, Gordon Phillip
|
6028814
|
|
1943/11/08
|
Moore, Robert James
|
6020492
|
|
1943/11/10
|
Welham, Frederick Archie
|
5828113
|
|
1943/11/10
|
Howlett, Reginald Charles
|
5827161
|
|
1943/11/11
|
Andrews, John William Francis
|
5832909
|
|
1943/11/12
|
Green, Wilfred Needham
|
5829844
|
|
1943/11/16
|
Cooper, Fred Charles
|
5828206
|
|
1943/11/16
|
Lambert, William John
|
5827165
|
|
1943/11/18
|
Tuttle, Thomas Charles
|
5826634
|
|
1943/11/21
|
Skeggs, George
|
5829640
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|
1943/11/21
|
Francis, Reginald George
|
5827359
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|
1943/11/22
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Taylor, John Henry
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6021160
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1943/11/22
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Manning, Frederick Louis
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5827815
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1943/11/22
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Garratt, Ronald
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5827950
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1943/11/23
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Crussell, Leslie David
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6020699
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1943/11/23
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Borley, Reuben William Cecil
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6020734
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1943/11/24
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Morgan, Gerard Austin
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5833057
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1943/11/25
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Cator, James Henry
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6018971
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1943/11/28
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Upson, Ivan Stanley John
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5827044
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1943/11/30
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Marsh, Tom Charles
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5830573
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1943/12/06
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Rutterford, William Frank
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5833106
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1943/12/09
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Morris, George Douglas
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6020659
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1943/12/10
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Royce, Ernest Edward
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6019260
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1943/12/10
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Pemberton, Cyril Victor
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6013919
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1943/12/11
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Plumb, Harry
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5825180
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1943/12/12
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Baldry, Gordon George
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5827415
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1943/12/13
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Hume, Walter George
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6020749
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1943/12/13
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Clements, Allan Louis
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5828007
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1943/12/14
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Turner, Edmund John
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5828345
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1943/12/18
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Fayers, Albert Edward
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5834612
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1943/12/18
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Shemming, Herbert William
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5823115
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1943/12/18
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Trask, George Reginald
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6020717
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1943/12/21
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Aldridge, Reginald
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6028662
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1943/12/27
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Clack, Ronald Ward
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5830665
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1944/01/01-1944/01/31
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Tink, Arthur James
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5829618
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1944/01/01-1944/03/21
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Cole, William George
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5826828
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1944/01/17
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Pyke, Robert James
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5827068
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1944/01/20
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Leek, Frederick George Henry
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5823687
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1944/01/30
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Allen, William Henry
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6020729
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1944/02/01
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Farrington, Sidney
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5828074
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1944/02/08
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Daunter, Leonard
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6028695
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1944/02/19
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Howard, Charles Albert
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5826704
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1944/03/06
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Flemming, Reginald James
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5826829
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1944/03/12
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Banks, Richard
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6028544
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1944/03/19
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Carne, Thomas Charles
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5832943
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1944/03/19
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Butler, Thomas
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6020763
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1944/05/12
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Wright, Arthur
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5833474
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1944/06/01
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Hampton, Walter
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5827264
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1944/07/30
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Jones, William Francis
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5833183
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1944/08/18
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Clayton, David
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5829611
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1944/08/23
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Francis, Alfred James William
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5827514
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1944/08/24
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Foulger, Robert
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5827512
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1944/09/21
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White, William Verden
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6021186
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1944/10/24
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Oliver, Sidney Robert
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5830600
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1944/12/08
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Southgate, Walter Charles
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5825872
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1945/05/13
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Meadows, Harold Jack
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6023193
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1945/07/18
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Critten, John Henry
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5829639
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1945/08/05
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Carabajal, Edgar Ammaldo
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5835243
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1945/08/11
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Chittock, Bert
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5827502
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