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Ordinary Seaman ERIC JOHN H. GOSLING

Service Number: P/JX 183908
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Abel Tasman

Date of Death

Died 13 June 1940

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SWANAGE (GODLINGSTON) CEMETERY

Plot B. Uncons. Grave 99.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick and Emily Gosling, of Brixham, Devon.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

SWANAGE (GODLINGSTON) CEMETERY
Dorset United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 15
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