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Able Seaman MARSHAL ALGERNON SUMANASEKERA

Service Number: A/358
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Ceylon Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 17 February 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY

Plot 6C. Row G. Grave 24.

Sri Lanka

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mathew Alexander and Mary Charlotte Sumanasekera, of Kota Retahena, Colombo, Ceylon.
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Buried or commemorated at

COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY
Sri Lanka
Number of casualties: 385
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