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Gunner ERNEST JOHN SANDFORD

Service Number: NX3303
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Australian Artillery

A.I.F. 21 Field Regt.

Date of Death

Died 25 May 1942

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COLOMBO (KANATTE) GENERAL CEMETERY

Plot 6B. Row J. Grave 13.

Sri Lanka

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of William and Rose Sandford, of Wallaroo, South Australia; husband of Hilda Sandford, of Hilton, South Australia.
  • Personal Inscription AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN WE SHALL REMEMBER THEM. DADDY OF MARIE
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