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Name: L SHARPLES
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 706 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Golden Hind
Date of death: 1945-12-03
Aircraft: Corsair
Place of death: Near Jervis Bay, Australia
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: NOWRA WAR CEMETERY - New South Wales
Commemoration details: Plot C, Row A, Grave 1
Family details: Son of William and Louisa Sharples, of Blackbum, Lancashire, England
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 706 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Golden Hind
Date of death: 1945-12-03
Aircraft: Corsair
Place of death: Near Jervis Bay, Australia
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: NOWRA WAR CEMETERY - New South Wales
Commemoration details: Plot C, Row A, Grave 1
Family details: Son of William and Louisa Sharples, of Blackbum, Lancashire, England
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