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Military service
Service number:
C/JX202012
Age:
24
Rank:
Able Seaman
Force:
Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Navy
Division:
H.M.S. Loch Lomond
Death:
October 16, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
1. K. 11.
Additional information
Son of Joshua and Annie M. Galpin, of Codroy, Newfoundland.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 161 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
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TAIPING WAR CEMETERY Malaysia
Taiping is a town in Perak State, about 97 kilometres (60 miles) south-east of Penang in the north- west of Malaysia. It can be reached by motorway either from Penang or from Ipoh, capital city of the state. Both Penang and Ipoh have airports.The cemetery is 2 kilometres from the town, past the open park on the road to the waterfall and swimming pool. Locally known as Perkuburan Peperangan Taiping; the Cemetery is on the Jalan Bukit Larut (Bukit Larut Road).
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