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920931

Gunner

Smith, Bert Leslie

Royal Artillery

135 (The Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment

Born:-

1920/04/27

Occupation:-

Worker

Country:-

United Kingdom

Captured:-

1942/02/15 - Singapore

Next of Kin:-

Parents: B & G Smith, 12 Redhill Road, Hitchin, Hertfordshire

Notes:-

344 Battery.

Died

Age at Death:-

Date of Death:-

1944/09/21

Place of Death:-

Hofuku Maru sunk by planes from American Aircraft Carrier. 80 miles from Corregidor

Cause of Death:-

Died at Sea

Loved Ones:-

Memorial:-

Column 36.

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