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W H TETLEY — Fleet Air Arm

1944-01-12 · Columbo, Ceylon · Sri Lanka

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Name: W H TETLEY
Rank: Leading Radio Mechanic
Official number: FX 590464
Role: -
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: -
Ship/station: H.M.S. Bherunda, Columbo Racecourse, Ceylon
Date of death: 1944-01-12
Aircraft: - -
Place of death: Columbo, Ceylon
Circumstances: DIED
Buried/commemorated: COLOMBO (LIVERAMENTU) CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 2, Row O, Grave 9
Family details: Son of Arthur William and Bertha Tetley, of Blackburn, Lancashire

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