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1645934
 

Gunner

Heard, Leslie Cecil John

Born:-

19 July 1907 in Exeter
 

Nationality:-

British
 

 

Royal Artillery

240 Battery, 77 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment
 

 

Captured:-

1942/03/08, Java
 

 

Died

Death:-

1945/07/25
 

Age:-

37
 

Cemetery:-

Camp 3, Koebang, 13km point in Pekanburu, Sumatra
 

Grave Number:-

16
 

 

 

Loved Ones:-

Son of John H. and Edith A. Heard, of West Yelland, Instow, Devon

 

 

Memorial:-

Jakarta War Cemetery
 

Plaque:-

2. C. 18.
 

 

 

Notes:-

PoW. No. 5497. Died of Acute Enteritis, Beri-beri and Dysentery at 21.50 on 1945/07/25.

 

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