The story
Name: E A RAINEY
Rank: Leading Wren (S)
Official number: 38750
Role: -
Service/attached: WRNS
Squadron: 742 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Bherunda, Columbo Racecourse, Ceylon
Date of death: 1945-10-15
Aircraft: Expeditor II HD 759
Place of death: Ratmalana
Circumstances: DIED
Buried/commemorated: COLOMBO (LIVERAMENTU) CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 3, Row D, Grave 7
Family details: Daughter of Major Ivon Reginald Dyer and Phyllis Rae Dyer; wife of Major Anthony Rainey, Royal Marines, of Woodleigh, Devon.
Rank: Leading Wren (S)
Official number: 38750
Role: -
Service/attached: WRNS
Squadron: 742 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Bherunda, Columbo Racecourse, Ceylon
Date of death: 1945-10-15
Aircraft: Expeditor II HD 759
Place of death: Ratmalana
Circumstances: DIED
Buried/commemorated: COLOMBO (LIVERAMENTU) CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 3, Row D, Grave 7
Family details: Daughter of Major Ivon Reginald Dyer and Phyllis Rae Dyer; wife of Major Anthony Rainey, Royal Marines, of Woodleigh, Devon.
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