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Name: J A STARKEY
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 1839 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Bambara, Trincomalee / Clappenburg Bay, Ceylon
Date of death: 1944-05-08
Aircraft: Hellcat
Place of death: Ceylon / India
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: MADRAS WAR CEMETERY, CHENNAI
Commemoration details: Plot 1, Row A, Grave 2
Family details: Son of Dr H W Starkey and Mrs Starkey, of Beeston, Nottinghamshire
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 1839 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Bambara, Trincomalee / Clappenburg Bay, Ceylon
Date of death: 1944-05-08
Aircraft: Hellcat
Place of death: Ceylon / India
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: MADRAS WAR CEMETERY, CHENNAI
Commemoration details: Plot 1, Row A, Grave 2
Family details: Son of Dr H W Starkey and Mrs Starkey, of Beeston, Nottinghamshire
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