The story
Name: C L HARRIS
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 87003
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 820 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Indefatigable
Date of death: 1945-01-24
Aircraft: Avenger
Place of death: At sea, off Palembang, Sumatra
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: JAKARTA WAR CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Coll grave 6 J 4 - 6 K 3
Family details: Son of Philip E and Lilian F Harris, of New Southgate, Middlesex
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: FX 87003
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 820 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Indefatigable
Date of death: 1945-01-24
Aircraft: Avenger
Place of death: At sea, off Palembang, Sumatra
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: JAKARTA WAR CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Coll grave 6 J 4 - 6 K 3
Family details: Son of Philip E and Lilian F Harris, of New Southgate, Middlesex
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