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LAMA, Ganju
UK, Soldiers Awards from the London Gazette, 1898-1944
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Full Name
LAMA, Ganju
Date Of Birth
7 Jul 1922
Age
21
Birth Place
Samgmo Busty, Sikkim
Nationality
Nepalese
Date
12 Jun 1944
Date Of Death
30 Jun 2000
Information
1st Battalion, 7th Gurkha Rifles, Indian Army. Later Subadar.
More Information
Further gazette dates: 03/10/1944 (M.M.) Further gazette pages: 4572 (M.M.) Further Gazette issues: 36730 (M.M.)
Rank Name
Rifleman
Service Number
78763
Gazette Date
1944
Gazette Page
4157 (V.C.); Issue: 36690 (V.C.)
Duty Location
Ninthoukhong, Burma
Service
Indian Army
Regiment
Gurkha Rifles
Battalion
1st Battalion
Place of Death
Sikkim
Conflict Period
World War II
Served For
United Kingdom
award
Military Medal (MM)
award
War Medal 1939 - 1945
award
Burma Star
award
1939-1945 Star
award
Victoria Cross (VC)
unit
Gurkha Rifles
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Publication Title
UK, Soldiers Awards from the London Gazette, 1898-1944
Content Source
London Gazette
Last Updated
31 Oct 2023
Description
The London Gazette is one of the official journals of record of the British government, and the most important among such official journals in the United Kingdom, in which certain statutory notices are required to be published.
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