To honour those who served their country

“In this their finest hour”

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Stoker 1st Class

Samuel Rainey

 

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Exeter

 

Japanese POW

Captured after the sinking of HMS Exeter in the Battle of the Java Sea

 

Died

Age 43

10th May 1943

Died of Cerebral Malaria at Poemaloe (East Celebes).

 

Loved Ones

Son of William and Mary Rainey, of Bridgwater, Somerset; husband of Gladys Emily May Rainey, of Bridgwater; father to Daphne being the eldest, Mary , Doreen, William, Diana, Pattrica and Monica.

 

Memorial

Coll. grave 32. A. 1-13.

AMBON WAR CEMETERY

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''Our Thanks are for being a Chapter in Life.''

 

 

 

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In Memory FEPOW Family Loved Ones
Designed and Maintained by Ron Taylor.

 

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