The story
Name: J R HALL
Rank: Petty Officer Airman
Official number: FX 76569
Role: Air Gunner 2nd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 788 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Lanka
Date of death: 1942-04-05
Aircraft: Swordfish V 4412
Place of death: Ceylon
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 6B, Row B, Grave 15
Family details: Son of John and Mary Hall; husband of Doris Elizabeth (Dorrie) Hall, of North Finchley, Middlesex
Rank: Petty Officer Airman
Official number: FX 76569
Role: Air Gunner 2nd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 788 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Lanka
Date of death: 1942-04-05
Aircraft: Swordfish V 4412
Place of death: Ceylon
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 6B, Row B, Grave 15
Family details: Son of John and Mary Hall; husband of Doris Elizabeth (Dorrie) Hall, of North Finchley, Middlesex
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