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Son of Hubert Joseph and Beatrice Balsam of Didcot, Berkshire, England. Telegraphist Air Gunner with No. 812 R.N. Squadron. In Barracuda II (MD 646) which collided with Barracuda II (LS 679) joining in formation, crashed at Cromarty Firth near shore, opposite Barbaraville, Nigg Bay, Scotland. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty No. 2967709. War Grave photo below. (Enlarged)

Cemetery:	ROSSKEEN PARISH CHURCHYARD EXTENSIONS (OR BURIAL GROUND) Ross and Cromarty, United Kingdom.
Grave or Reference Panel Number:	Sec. B. Grave 346.
Location:	Rosskeen Parish Churchyard and its extensions are close to the north shore of Cromarty Firth, between Invergordon and Alness and half a mile from Invergordon railway station.
Historical Information:	The churchyard has been extended twice and contains war graves of both world wars. The earlier extension contains pre-war Naval graves and all but one of the 1914-1918 War Graves. The second extension, which dates from 1926, is on the left of the main entrance and in it stands the Cross of Sacrifice erected after the First World War. Because of the proximity of the Naval Base there was already a service plot in this extension when the 1939-1945 War broke out, and during the early months of the war, another plot in this extension was set aside for service war burials. This plot is north-west of the Cross of Sacrifice. There are further war burials in the Admiralty plot to the rear of these graves and on the other side of the path, and 5 more in other parts of the burial ground. One of the graves in this extension is that of an unidentified seaman whose body was recovered from H.M.S. "Natal".