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Able Seaman DOUGLAS T. THORBURN

Service Number: D/JX 135147
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Cicala.

Date of Death

Died 20 March 1941

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HONG KONG CEMETERY

Sec. 17B. 9980.

China, (including Hong Kong)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Thorburn, of Edinburgh.
  • Personal Inscription SADLY MISSED. "THY WILL BE DONE" FATHER, MAY, STELLA
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Buried or commemorated at

HONG KONG CEMETERY
China, (including Hong Kong)
Number of casualties: 1326
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