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Ordinary Seaman BERNARD PHILIP GAFFNEY

Service Number: 32087
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Australian Navy

H.M.A.S. Melville

Date of Death

Died 29 November 1947

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ADELAIDE RIVER WAR CEMETERY

N.A.12.

Australia

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest Laurence and Mary Ann Gaffney, of Coonawarra, South Australia.
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Buried or commemorated at

ADELAIDE RIVER WAR CEMETERY
Northern Territory Australia
Number of casualties: 435
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