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Name: B F MARLAND
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 849 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Shah
Date of death: 1944-11-08
Aircraft: Avenger
Place of death: Katurunda
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: COLOMBO (LIVERAMENTU) CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 9, Row D, Grave 2
Family details: Son of Francis Ernest and Mabel Marland, of Leeds, Yorkshire
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 849 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Shah
Date of death: 1944-11-08
Aircraft: Avenger
Place of death: Katurunda
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: COLOMBO (LIVERAMENTU) CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 9, Row D, Grave 2
Family details: Son of Francis Ernest and Mabel Marland, of Leeds, Yorkshire
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