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Lance Bombardier JOSEPH COLEBOURNE

Service Number: 1108235
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

8 Medium Regt.

Date of Death

Died 29 May 1945

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY

20. E. 16.

Myanmar

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Mary Colebourne, of Manchester; husband of Hilda Colebourne, of Ardwick, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription DUTY NOBLY DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
Myanmar
Number of casualties: 6445
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