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Flight Sergeant MAURICE JOHN GURNEY

Service Number: 1605924
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 30 November 1945

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TRINCOMALEE WAR CEMETERY

2. J. 9.

Sri Lanka

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Lillie Dorothy Gurney, of New Barnet, Hertfordshire.
  • Personal Inscription GOD TAKES OUR LOVED ONES FROM OUR HOMES BUT NEVER FROM OUR HEARTS
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Buried or commemorated at

TRINCOMALEE WAR CEMETERY
Sri Lanka
Number of casualties: 366
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