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Sergeant DESMOND LAURENCE LILYA

Service Number: NX48987
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry

A.I.F. "Z" Special Unit.

Date of Death

Died 17 May 1945

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AMBON WAR CEMETERY

Coll. grave 11. C. 1-15.

Indonesia

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Foster-son of Mrs. E. I. Borland, of Heathcote, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE ... FOR EVER LOVED AND REMEMBERED
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Buried or commemorated at

AMBON WAR CEMETERY
Indonesia
Number of casualties: 2147
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