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Able Seaman NELSON JOSEPH HEFFERMAN

Service Number: 68576
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Naval Forces

H.M.S. Encounter

Date of Death

Died 11 February 1945

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AMBON WAR CEMETERY

31. A. 1.

Indonesia

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of James and Annie Hefferman, of Port Elizabeth, Cape Province. South Africa.
  • Personal Inscription DEEPLY MOURNED BY HIS BROKEN HEARTED PARENTS, SISTER AND FRIENDS
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