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Killed in Action
Suffolk Regiment
5th 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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|
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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
|
706
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|
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1305
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2636
|
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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1943/01/16
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Nunn, Albert Edward
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5828689
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1943/01/20
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Candler, Cecil William
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5834564
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1943/01/26
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Folkard, Alfred Charles
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5828188
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1943/02/13
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Jarvis, Frederick Russell
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5830914
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1943/02/17
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Powell, Leslie John
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6028561
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1943/03/06
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Clements, Arthur Edward
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5828340
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1943/03/18
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Oxford, William Harry
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5826906
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1943/04/04
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Taylor, George
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5834501
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1943/04/13
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Clarke, George Alfred
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5825172
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1943/05/07
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Taylor, Ronald
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5828403
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1943/05/16
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Housego, Charles
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5826753
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1943/05/29
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Woodley, Frederick Albert
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5828805
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1943/05/30
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Stedmans, Harry
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6028746
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1943/05/30
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Haslam, Frank
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4805261
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1943/05/30
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Clegg, Richard
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5827916
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1943/05/30
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Chapman, Ronald Thomas
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5828635
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1943/05/31
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Newbound, Conrad William
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5832424
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1943/06/02
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King, Howard Walter
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5835514
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1943/06/03
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Addison, Frederick George
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5828683
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1943/06/03
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Branch, Harold Stephen
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5826653
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1943/06/04
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Wesley, James Harold
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5828507
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1943/06/04
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Martin, Reginald
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5828947
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|
1943/06/06
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Cahill, Philip Ronald
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5828494
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1943/06/07
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French, Peter
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5834090
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|
1943/06/07
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Pitts, Ernest Lawrence
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5950394
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|
1943/06/08
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Gyngell, Lawrie Francis
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5836074
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1943/06/08
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Wakefield, Albert John
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6028630
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1943/06/09
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Johnson, George Edward
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5825248
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1943/06/09
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Hales, Francis Henry
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4805369
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1943/06/15
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Hardy, William
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4805372
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1943/06/16
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Ebden, David Henry
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5832570
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1943/06/17
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Leeder, Herbert Allan
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5828391
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1943/06/18
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Steele, Geofrey James
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5829655
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1943/06/19
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Dale, Harold James
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5825965
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1943/06/20
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Peacock, Percy Harold
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5828681
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|
1943/06/21
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Emmington, James William
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5830913
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1943/06/24
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Watts, Fred Thomas
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6020722
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1943/06/27
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Yarrow, Alfred
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5835326
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1943/06/29
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Parker, Charles Dennis
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5884541
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1943/06/30
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Oxford, Frederick Charles
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5828422
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|
1943/06/30
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Bretherick, William John
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5828577
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|
1943/06/30
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Blew, Albert Victor
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5832480
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|
1943/07/01
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Capps, Maurice Pierson
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5828674
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|
1943/07/07
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Briggs, Stanley
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4805303
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|
1943/07/09
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Everett, Stanley Albert
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5834609
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|
1943/07/09
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Ward, Alexander
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5949912
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|
1943/07/10
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Layfield, Norman
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5833031
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|
1943/07/10
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Owen, John Reuben
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5830924
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|
1943/07/12
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Balaam, Edward George
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5828591
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|
1943/07/13
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Scrivener, Walter Ernest
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6344548
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|
1943/07/14
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Page, Francis Leonard
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5950493
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|
1943/07/14
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Atkin, Charles William Leslie
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5833502
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|
1943/07/15
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Shirley, Charles Richard Jenkin
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5951294
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|
1943/07/16
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Smith, Douglas Herbert
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5830916
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|
1943/07/17
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Blanchard, John William Arnold
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4805236
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|
1943/07/17
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Pearce, Ernest William
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782371
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|
1943/07/18
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Yarrow, Arthur Wilfred
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5834849
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|
1943/07/19
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Paget, Gerald Daniel
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5826760
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|
1943/07/19
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Searles, Leonard
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6020710
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|
1943/07/20
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Dupuis, Frederick
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5824844
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|
1943/07/20
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Peer, Percy Henry Alexander
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5830662
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|
1943/07/21
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Bradbury, Percy
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5833402
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|
1943/07/22
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Parsons, Donald
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5834747
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|
1943/07/22
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Young, Robert
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6028573
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|
1943/07/23
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Durant, William Stephen
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4805326
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|
1943/07/23
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Went, Horace Edwin
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5950457
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|
1943/07/23
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Ashdown, Cecil Joseph
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5832442
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|
1943/07/24
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Payne, Frederick George
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5950478
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|
1943/07/24
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Creasey, Richard
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5829670
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|
1943/07/25
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Rogers, Francis Edward
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5950504
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|
1943/07/25
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Norwood, Frederick William
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5832427
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|
1943/07/25
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Cox, Leonard
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6020697
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|
1943/07/25
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Langton, Raymond Percy
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4805391
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|
1943/07/25
|
French, John Ernest
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5827948
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|
1943/07/26
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Peacock, Frederick Oswald
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5832412
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|
1943/07/26
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Nightingale, George Herbert
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5830908
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|
1943/07/27
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Wales, Frederick Charles
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5828299
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|
1943/07/27
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Woods, Charles Donald
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5828383
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|
1943/07/27
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Allen, Garnet Alfred
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5827018
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|
1943/07/27
|
Burton, Arthur
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5827910
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|
1943/07/27
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Smith, Percy
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5833118
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|
1943/07/27
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Collett, Alfred Edwin
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4805315
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|
1943/07/27
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Sayer, Donald William Ormrod
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2030349
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|
1943/07/28
|
Cox, Bernard
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5950374
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|
1943/07/28
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Cox, Harold Percival Graham
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5828974
|
|
1943/07/28
|
Croxon, George Eric Bray
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5827605
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|
1943/07/28
|
Bowers, Alfred Edward
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5834547
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|
1943/07/29
|
Dexter, John Harry
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5835483
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|
1943/07/29
|
Crane, Vincent William
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5933693
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|
1943/07/29
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Rutterford, Cyril Wilfred
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5933587
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|
1943/07/29
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Barnes, Maurice William
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5952171
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|
1943/07/30
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Ward, John
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6142464
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|
1943/07/30
|
Young, Leonard James
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5836272
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|
1943/07/30
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Knight, Charles Frank
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5832683
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|
1943/07/30
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Sneesby, Henry James
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6020712
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|
1943/07/31
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Rowe, Donavon Gordon
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5828956
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|
1943/07/31
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Burch, John Henry
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5832499
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|
1943/07/31
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Dennis, Albert
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13021224
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|
1943/08/01
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Hart, Ernest Herbert
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5950620
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|
1943/08/01
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Garner, Ronald
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4805241
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|
1943/08/01
|
Durrant, Leslie Rushmore
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5828200
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|
1943/08/01
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Dove, Godfrey Verdan
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4805330
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|
1943/08/01
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Taylor, Edward Augustus
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5828486
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|
1943/08/01
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Raven, Geoffrey Lionel
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5835344
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|
1943/08/02
|
Rose, Geoffrey Edward
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5833105
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|
1943/08/03
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Brown, Kenneth
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4805311
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|
1943/08/03
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Smith, Edward George
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6021175
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|
1943/08/03
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Wallace, George
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5830698
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|
1943/08/04
|
Mower, Sidney John
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5833063
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|
1943/08/04
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Cook, James Frederick
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5832541
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|
1943/08/05
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Tricker, Vernon Edward
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5828581
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|
1943/08/06
|
Roper, Gordon Arthur
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5828438
|
|
1943/08/06
|
James, Leslie Clarence
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5832667
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|
1943/08/06
|
Maltby, George William
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5821945
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1943/08/07
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Partridge, Leslie Thomas
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5830889
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|
1943/08/07
|
Barks, Thomas William
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4805286
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|
1943/08/07
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Fellgett, Stanley Fred
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5832983
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|
1943/08/08
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Winfield, Frederick George
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5950622
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|
1943/08/11
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Cousins, Maurice James
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5828529
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|
1943/08/12
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Driver, Jack
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5834600
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|
1943/08/13
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Walters, Frederick John
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6028749
|
|
1943/08/13
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Clements, Frederick Alfred
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5834344
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|
1943/08/13
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Howe, Arthur William
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5828944
|
|
1943/08/14
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Smith, Eric Francis
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6020758
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|
1943/08/15
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Read, Douglas Herbert
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5828444
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|
1943/08/15
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Turner, Peter Walter
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5828399
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|
1943/08/16
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Catt, Nigel John
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5828470
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|
1943/08/18
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Stephenson, John William
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5828583
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|
1943/08/18
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Peck, Jack Samuels
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5827463
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|
1943/08/19
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Corbett, Harry
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5834061
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|
1943/08/20
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Scarff, Ray William
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5828793
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|
1943/08/20
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Bruce, Edward James
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5828442
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|
1943/08/20
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Cecil, George Harry
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5828305
|
|
1943/08/21
|
Alderman, Henry
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4805278
|
|
1943/08/21
|
Davis, Harry Douglas
|
5950407
|
|
1943/08/22
|
Steels, Frederick Leslie
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5830917
|
|
1943/08/22
|
Lockwood, Frederick William
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5833041
|
|
1943/08/22
|
Knights, Harry Thomas
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5832684
|
|
1943/08/23
|
Fuller, Albert Richard Lionel
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5828737
|
|
1943/08/23
|
Hunt, Eric John
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5828540
|
|
1943/08/23
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Taylor, James Cyril
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5830941
|
|
1943/08/24
|
Barnes, John
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5834524
|
|
1943/08/24
|
Fuller, Christopher Charles
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5828288
|
|
1943/08/25
|
Gladwell, Francis Thomas
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5828483
|
|
1943/08/25
|
Wyatt, Cyril John
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5950403
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|
1943/08/25
|
Butcher, Percy Levi (Alias Levi, Percy)
|
5828702
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|
1943/08/25
|
Levi, Percy (Alias for L.P. Butcher)
|
5828702
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|
1943/08/26
|
Wright, John Henry
|
6023842
|
|
1943/08/29
|
Bedworth, Edward Albert
|
5832466
|
|
1943/08/29
|
Precious, Allen James
|
5828955
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|
1943/08/30
|
Sargeant, Robert Thomas Joe
|
5828659
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|
1943/08/30
|
Pryke, Sidney
|
5828499
|
|
1943/08/30
|
Hopkinson, George Henry
|
4805244
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|
1943/08/31
|
Wade, William Charles
|
5833148
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|
1943/08/31
|
Hayden, Leonard George
|
5830919
|
|
1943/09/02
|
Swannell, William Arthur
|
5950399
|
|
1943/09/03
|
Sprague, Ronald Francis
|
6020767
|
|
1943/09/05
|
Backler, George Wilfred
|
5828404
|
|
1943/09/07
|
Reynolds, Roy Lewis
|
6019259
|
|
1943/09/10
|
Lee, Charles Thomas
|
5949782
|
|
1943/09/11
|
Tooke, Eric Walter
|
5832830
|
|
1943/09/14
|
Eady, Bertie
|
5828610
|
|
1943/09/14
|
Taylor, Bernard Edward
|
5833138
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|
1943/09/15
|
Stevens, George William
|
5834203
|
|
1943/09/15
|
Green, Norman Henry
|
5827714
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|
1943/09/18
|
Mercer, Wilfred Herbert
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5950438
|
|
1943/09/19
|
Busby, Edward Alfred
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6020737
|
|
1943/09/19
|
Mayes, Reginald Victor
|
5828395
|
|
1943/09/20
|
Maplestone, Frederick William
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5836533
|
|
1943/09/21
|
Pears, Anthony
|
6021146
|
|
1943/09/22
|
Phillips, Walter Sydney
|
5828808
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|
1943/09/24
|
Swan, Ronald Charles
|
5950586
|
|
1943/09/24
|
Travis, Cyril Doyle
|
5179661
|
|
1943/09/24
|
King, Raymond Theophilus
|
5828796
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|
1943/09/25
|
Candler, Richard Victor
|
5828292
|
|
1943/09/25
|
Denny, Stanley Charles
|
5832557
|
|
1943/09/27
|
Jeffery, Arthur William
|
5821941
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|
1943/09/28
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Connor, Cyril Frank
|
5832538
|
|
1943/09/29
|
Partridge, Arthur Frederick
|
5828952
|
|
1943/09/29
|
Gilbey, George
|
6021111
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|
1943/09/29
|
Ward, Maurice Oliver
|
5951129
|
|
1943/10/02
|
Smith, Aubrey John
|
5834196
|
|
1943/10/04
|
Clarke, Albert Victor
|
5832954
|
|
1943/10/05
|
Allen, Frederick Jack
|
5827890
|
|
1943/10/06
|
Hoggins, Isaac
|
4805358
|
|
1943/10/08
|
Hill, Ivor Robert
|
6023696
|
|
1943/10/10
|
Dearlove, Herbert Allenby
|
4805333
|
|
1943/10/10
|
Miller, William
|
5830438
|
|
1943/10/11
|
Goodchild, John Mowbray
|
5832376
|
|
1943/10/11
|
Dearsley, Reginald
|
5827364
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|
1943/10/11
|
Pomroy, Rufus Claude
|
6021174
|
|
1943/10/11
|
Gathercole, Jack
|
5828644
|
|
1943/10/12
|
Cowling, Kenneth George
|
5828437
|
|
1943/10/13
|
Baalham, Frederick Charles
|
5826748
|
|
1943/10/16
|
Hammond, Francis Edward
|
5828688
|
|
1943/10/17
|
Land, Norman
|
4805393
|
|
1943/10/17
|
Wright, Sidney Harold
|
5828261
|
|
1943/10/18
|
Groom, George William
|
5830607
|
|
1943/10/19
|
Mcintyre, Robert Mcansland
|
5828303
|
|
1943/10/20
|
Appleby, Herbert Alfred
|
5828158
|
|
1943/10/21
|
Bidwell, Arnold Arthur
|
5933360
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|
1943/10/21
|
Brown, Wilfred Henry
|
5824691
|
|
1943/10/22
|
Ward, Edward William
|
5828962
|
|
1943/10/24
|
Ling, Leslie Warner
|
5828526
|
|
1943/10/24
|
Reed, William
|
5834414
|
|
1943/10/24
|
Norman, Arthur John
|
5834404
|
|
1943/10/25
|
Gustard, Mathew
|
5834644
|
|
1943/10/27
|
Rich, Sidney Walter
|
5828178
|
|
1943/10/27
|
Hills, Douglas William
|
5830952
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|
1943/10/28
|
Miles, Ernest Arthur
|
5952526
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1943/10/28
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Bartlett, Eric
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5950454
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1943/10/30
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Mimer, Alec
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5951453
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1943/10/30
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Brown, Austin
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5830716
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1943/10/31
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Mulley, Ephraim Sidney
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5826758
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1943/10/31
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Walton, Norman
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5833476
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1943/11/05
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Bosworth, Ernest Edward
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4805309
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1943/11/05
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Blake, William Arthur
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5832478
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1943/11/05
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Chisnell, Frederick
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5828663
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1943/11/05
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Holmes, Sidney Charles
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5832394
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1943/11/05
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Chesman, Alfred
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4805319
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1943/11/06
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Andrews, George
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5834455
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1943/11/07
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Cracknell, Albert Edward
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5832097
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1943/11/09
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Tarling, Leslie James
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5828512
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1943/11/11
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Brewin, Robert
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4805308
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1943/11/12
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Walters, Cyril Harry
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888701
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1943/11/12
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Walton, Frederick Herbert
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5828734
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1943/11/13
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Seager, Kitchener Harold
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5826529
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1943/11/15
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Gould, James Felix
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5827207
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1943/11/16
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Walker, Arthur James
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6021182
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1943/11/20
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Sharpe, Frederick Arthur
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5828152
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1943/11/22
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French, Leonard Albert
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5834625
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1943/11/25
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Scargill, Leslie Alfred
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5950435
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1943/11/25
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Ellis, Frederick Charles Ernest
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6021100
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1943/11/27
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Clark, Joseph Francis
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5828929
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1943/11/30
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West, Stanley Arthur
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5834832
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1943/12/02
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Carroll, John Joseph
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5950370
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1943/12/11
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Stevens, William Henry
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5827431
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1943/12/12
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Kemp, Charles
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5827432
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1943/12/22
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Evans, Charles Headford
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5828484
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1943/12/22
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Chatfield, William Henry
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5824759
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1943/12/27
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Porter, Arthur George
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5950456
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1943/12/29
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Brown, William Henry
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5830717
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1944/01/11
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Sparks, Roy Eric
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5827299
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1944/01/13
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Saunders, Charles Albert
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5950429
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1944/01/13
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Avis, Alfred William
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6020166
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1944/01/18
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Jarman, William Reginald
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5830959
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1944/01/26
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Girdlestone, James William
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5768161
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1944/02/04
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Fletcher, Charles William
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4805339
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1944/03/09
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Cook, Frank Sidney Walter
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5828408
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1944/04/03
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Eyre, James
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4805334
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1944/05/13
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Blumson, James William
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5832927
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1944/06/25
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Thornton, Frederick
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5951185
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1944/11/17
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Duley, Joseph William
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5835720
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1944/12/26
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Berry, Frank
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6020003
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1945/05/21
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Ridgeon, Walter John
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5828316
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1945/08/22
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Bear, Albert Charles
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5828492
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