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11th October 1943 On this day:  Situation  Guard Duty & Training  Training  Japanese flying boat shot down  Bad weather  On the March  Recce Patrol If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Remembering those who died this day. Alufandika Saini. Pte. (d.11th October 1943) Alufandika Saini. Pte. (d.11th October 1943) Binusi Bamusi Mbewe. Pte. (d.11th October 1943) Binusi Mbewe Bamusi. Pte. (d.11th October 1943) Chikombene Selemani. Cpl. (d.11th October 1943) Cochrane Morris Edward. Cmdr. (d.11th October 1943) Enesto David. Pte. (d.11th October 1943) Enesto David. Pte. (d.11th October 1943) Filimoni Failodi. Pte. (d.11th October 1943) Hamilton Charles. Gnr. (d.11th Oct 1944) Labson Jim. Pte. (d.11th October 1943) Labson Jim. Pte. (d.11th October 1943) Marota Amrick. Pte. (d.11th October 1943) Namchiri Bernardo. Pte. (d.11th October 1943) Namchiri Bernardo. Pte. (d.11th October 1943) Semu Bernard. Pte. (d.11th October 1943) Semu Bernard. Pte. (d.11th October 1943) Tambala Amon. Pte. (d.11th October 1943) Tambala Amon. Pte. (d.11th October 1943) The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. Announcements The Wartime Memories Project has been running for 24 years. If you would like to support us, a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting and admin or this site will vanish from the web. 22nd April 2024 - Please note we currently have a huge backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. 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There are:7 items tagged 11th of October 1943 available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second World War. Stories from 11th October 1943 Gnr. Charles Hamilton. British Army, 15th IOM Light Anti Air craft Unit Royal Artillery. (d.11th Oct 1944) We have very little information about Charles, we have his service records he joined the Army in Omagh December 1924 with the Ulster Rifles and records say he served in the UK until February 1927 and then he was posted to India until 1933 not quite sure what he was doing between 1933 and 1939 but joined the IOM 15th LAA Unit in 1939 it would appear he served in various units and had quite a eventful army career ! The War Daries for October 1944 put the unit in the Uden area in Holland he is buried at the War Graves Cemetary in Uden would love to hear from anybody whom may have served in the regiment or any info would be great. Charles Hamilton was my uncle we visit Uden every May for the Memorial Service which is organised by the Uden War Graves Foundation John Hamilton Add to this record. Cmdr. Morris Edward Cochrane. DSO Royal Navy, HMS Malabar. (d.11th October 1943) Commander Cochrane was the son of James Henry Cochrane and Emily Mary Lake; husband of Ella Cochrane, of Winchester, Hants. He was 64 when he died and is buried in the Pembroke (St John) Churchyard, Bermuda. S Flynn Add to this record. Pte. Amon Tambala. British Army, 2nd Btn. King's African Rifles. (d.11th October 1943) Private Tambala was buried in the Lubudi African Cemetery in the Congo, Grave 12. S Flynn Add to this record. Pte. Amrick Marota. British Army, 2nd Btn. King's African Rifles. (d.11th October 1943) Private Marota was buried in the Lubudi African Cemetery in the Congo, Grave 3. S Flynn Add to this record. Pte. Mbewe Bamusi Binusi. British Army, 2nd Btn. King's African Rifles. (d.11th October 1943) Private Binusi was buried in the Lubudi African Cemetery in the Congo, Grave 6. S Flynn Add to this record. Pte. Bernardo Namchiri. King's African Rifles, 2nd Bnt.. (d.11th October 1943) Private Namchiri was buried in the Lubudi African Cemetery in the Congo, Grave 10. S Flynn Add to this record. Pte. Bernard Semu. British Army, 2nd Btn. King's African Rifles. (d.11th October 1943) Private Semu was buried in the Lubudi African Cemetery in the Congo, Grave 15. S Flynn Add to this record. Pte. David Enesto. British Army, 2nd Btn. King's African Rifles. (d.11th October 1943) Private Enesto was buried in the Lubudi African Cemetery in the Congo, Grave 14. S Flynn Add to this record. Pte. Jim Labson. British Army, East African Army Service Corps. (d.11th October 1943) Private Labson was buried in the Lubudi African Cemetery in the Congo, Grave 13. S Flynn Add to this record. Pte. Saini Alufandika. British Army, 2nd Btn. King's African Rifles. (d.11th October 1943) Private Alufandika was buried in the Lubudi African Cemetery in the Congo, Grave 11. S Flynn Add to this record. Pte. Amon Tambala. British Army, 2nd Btn. King's African Rifles. (d.11th October 1943) Amon Tambala was buried in the Lubudi African Cemetery in the Congo, Grave 12. S Flynn Add to this record. Pte. Bamusi Mbewe Binusi. King's African Rifles, 2nd Btn.. (d.11th October 1943) Private Binusi was buried in the Lubudi African Cemetery in the Congo, Grave 6. s flynn Add to this record. Pte. Bernardo Namchiri. King's African Rifles, 2nd Btn.. (d.11th October 1943) Private Namchiri was buried in the Lubudi African Cemetery in the Congo, Grave 10. S Flynn Add to this record. Pte. Bernard Semu. King's African Rifles, 2nd Btn.. (d.11th October 1943) Private Semu is buried in the Lubudi African Cemetery in the Congo, Grave 15. s flynn Add to this record. Pte. David Enesto. King's African Rifles, 2nd Btn.. (d.11th October 1943) Private Enesto is buried in the Lubudi African Cemetery in the Congo, Grave 14. s flynn Add to this record. Pte. Failodi Filimoni. King's African Rifles, 2nd Btn.. (d.11th October 1943) Private Filimoni is buried in the Lubudi African Cemetery in the Congo, Grave 9. s flynn Add to this record. Pte. Jim Labson. East African Army Service Corps, . (d.11th October 1943) Private Labson was buried in the Lubudi African Cemetery in the Congo, Grave 13. S Flynn Add to this record. Pte. Saini Alufandika. King's African Rifles, 2nd Btn.. (d.11th October 1943) Private Alufandika was buried in the Lubudi African Cemetery in the Congo, Grave 11. S Flynn Add to this record. Cpl. Selemani Chikombene. East African Army Service Corps, . (d.11th October 1943) Corporal Chikombene was buried in the Lubudi African Cemetery in the Congo, Grave 1. S Flynn Add to this record.

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