Service Details
Name:
 BALLENDEN
Given Name:
 CHRISTOPHER WILLIAM
Initials:
 C W
Service No:
 129862
Rank:
 Captain
Other Casualties of this Rank
Regiment:
 Royal Engineers
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Unit:
 attd. 2 Field Coy., West African Engineers, R.W.A.F.F.
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Date of Death:
 1945-03-17
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Date of Birth:
 1916-09-26
Age:
 28
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Decorations:
 M C and bar, Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 Bar to MC LG Sup 21 October 1941 pg. 6085, MID LG Sup 9 May 1946 pg. 2212
Additional
Information:
Son of William Christopher and Joan Ballenden, of Fernbank, Hilton Road, Natal. Born and resided in South Africa. ref. UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
Commemoration
Country:
 Myanmar
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Cemetery:
 TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 12. D. 4.

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