3 CDO BDE Mellor, Ernest William Benn

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Mellor ​

• FORENAME

Ernest William Benn ​

• UNIT

R.M. HMS Chinkara ​

• RANK

Lance Corporal ​

• NUMBER

CH/X 113915 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

20th November 1945 ​

• AGE

19 ​

• GRAVESITE

Taiping War Cemetery,Malaysia 1.K.17 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 07.02.1926, Marylebone, London​

son of Ernest Samuel and Mabel Gladys Mellor,Burton-on-Trent,Staffordshire​

died of wounds Toxaemia due to extensive burns accidentally sustained following explosion​

location of death No.1 Indian Beach Medical Unit, Port Dickson, Straits Settlement​

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