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J B SYMON — Fleet Air Arm

1945-05-24 · Coimbatore, India · India

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Name: J B SYMON
Rank: Temp Leading Air Mechanic (O) (TY)
Official number: SFX 2465
Role: -
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: -
Ship/station: H.M.S. Garuda, Coimbatore, India
Date of death: 1945-05-24
Aircraft: - -
Place of death: Coimbatore, India
Circumstances: D.O.W.
Buried/commemorated: MADRAS WAR CEMETERY, CHENNAI
Commemoration details: Plot 1, Row A, Grave 10
Family details: Son of Samuel and Anne Symon, of Dingle, Liverpool. Native of Toxteth Park, Liverpool, Lancashire

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