Rangoon Memorial, Myanmar-Burma - Indian Canteen Corps - A Tribute.

This post is ''In Memory'' of those 26 men who served during WW2 with The Indian Canteen Corps and whose names now appear on Faces 94, 111 and 112 of the Rangoon Memorial, which is located in the CWGC Taukkyan War Cemetery, Myanmar-Burma.

Face 94 (7 names):
CHINDIAN.....Water Carrier .....Died 10 May 1945.....18 years old

VARGHESE .....Retail Shop .....Died 07 February 1944.....39 years old

MUTHAYYAN.....Sepoy .....Died 24 July 1945.....19 years old

G NARAYANA MURTI.....Naik .....Died 10 May 1945.....31 years old

C V RAJAGOPALAN IYER.....Havildar .....Died 25 November 1945

KRISHNAMURTI.....Water Carrier .....Died 17 March 1945

RAM CHANDAR SHARMA.....Canteen Bulk Issue .....Died 19 April 1945.....22 years old


Face 111 (16 names):
ANANDAN.....Sweeper .....Died 04 October 1943.....26 years old

V BALUR.....Jemadar .....Died 30 August 1945.....30 years old

BASHIR.....Water Carrier .....Died 03 April 1943.....26 years old

INDAR SINGH.....Water Carrier .....Died 31 October 1944.....21 years old

ISMAIL.....Cook Died .....10 October 1943.....23 years old

JAGANATHAN.....Water Carrier .....Died 18 March 1945.....20 years old

K D KAIKINI.....Naik .....Died 13 July 1944.....29 years old

B M J KAMBLE.....Sepoy .....Died 13 July 1945.....27 years old

KHAIRATI.....Water Carrier .....Died 21 May 1943.....37 years old

S KRISHNAMURTI.....Naik .....Died 29 July 1943.....33 years old

KRISHNAN.....Water Carrier .....Died 14 May 1944.....19 years old

S D LURDUSWAMI.....Naik .....Died 16 November 1942.....37 years old

P MADHAVA MENON.....Naik .....Died 06 April 1944.....33 years old

MURUGAN.....Sepoy .....Died 07 October 1944.....34 years old

PITAMBAR.....Water Carrier .....Died 24 August 1944.....31 years old

RAJA GOPAL.....Sepoy .....Died 12 October 1943.....20 years old


Face 112 (3 names):
SEWA RAM.....Water Carrier .....Died 07 February 1945.....28 years old

SUBHAN MIJAN.....Cook .....Died 24 May 1946.....32 years old

SUKH RAJ.....Non Combatant .....Died 01 January 1943.....25 years old

LEST WE FORGET.​

note; images of all headstones/memorials now available from this cemetery.

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