Arrived via the USA in September 1941 on the SS 'City of Exeter' with fellow Ceylon RAF cadet volunteers: - Ekanayake Edward Amerasekera, aged 25 b. Kegalla - Frederick H Brohier, age 21 b. Colombo - Ponniah Balachandran, age 27 b. Jaffna - Mervin Rex de Silva, age 22 b. Colombo (and Mrs F G de Silva, from Bambalapitiya) - Leonard Shelton Flamer-Caldera, age 26 b. Ramboda (and Dr. J B Flamer-Caldera, from Mt. Lavinia) - Kenneth Graydon Joachim, age 31 from Colombo (and Mrs C J Joachim, from Colombo and Havelock Town) - Emile D P M Jayawardena, age 23 b. Moratuwa - St Elmo Masefield Muller, age 20 b. Colombo (and Dr. W M Muller, from Colombo)) - Mohamado Maharoof Omerdeen, age 21 b. Matale (and Mr(s?) S Y Omerdeen, from Matale)) - L Osborne - S A Noel Peiris, - J Justin A Perera - Patrick S A Periera - R O’Brien Van Cuylenburg - L D H Wanigasekera
(and Mr K C Perera, from Rabama, Mrs E M Mendis, from Moratuwa)
and Ceylonese Enlisting in RAF during World War II: More Data | Thuppahi's Blog (thuppahis.com)
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