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Identity
Person No.
3969
Service No.
68102
Last Name
First Name
Frederick Howard
Initials
F H
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
29
Military Service
Rank
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause of Death
Attacked by carrier-borne aircraft from a Japanese force of three battleships and five carriers which had entered the Bay of Bengal a week before. Around seventy bombers were sent to dispatch the Hermes which sank within ten minutes
Grave Reference
Additional Information
Notes

Son of Alfred Howard and Jessie Clayton, of Durban, Natal, South Africa; husband of Beryl Wilfred Freda Clayton, of Durban.

Citation
Unknown
External Source
Unknown
South African War Graves Project

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