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Name: J M DOUGLAS
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 816 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1942-12-11
Aircraft: Swordfish II DK 696
Place of death: Sussex
Circumstances: D.O.I.
Buried/commemorated: WEST THORNEY (ST. NICHOLAS) CHURCHYARD, Sussex
Commemoration details: Plot 1, Row D, Grave 7
Family details: Son of Hamilton Mackenzie Douglas and of Mary Kate Douglas (nee Rose), of Masterton, Wellington, New Zealand
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 816 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1942-12-11
Aircraft: Swordfish II DK 696
Place of death: Sussex
Circumstances: D.O.I.
Buried/commemorated: WEST THORNEY (ST. NICHOLAS) CHURCHYARD, Sussex
Commemoration details: Plot 1, Row D, Grave 7
Family details: Son of Hamilton Mackenzie Douglas and of Mary Kate Douglas (nee Rose), of Masterton, Wellington, New Zealand
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