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Sub-Lieutenant (A) RALPH AUSTIN COLBECK

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve

H.M.S. Attacker

Date of Death

Died 11 November 1943

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BURSCOUGH BRIDGE (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD, ORMSKIRK

Sec. E. Grave 2566.

United Kingdom

CH Portland

Photographer: Martin Ford

  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of Wilfred Howard Buckley Colbeck and of Mary Winifred Colbeck (nee Clarke), of Puru, Auckland, New Zealand.
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BURSCOUGH BRIDGE (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD, ORMSKIRK
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 22
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