The story
Name: W A McELROY
Rank: Temp Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 726 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Kongoni, Stamford Hill, South Africa
Date of death: 1945-02-23
Aircraft: - -
Place of death: East Africa
Circumstances: DIED
Buried/commemorated: DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 2, Row A, Grave 30
Family details: Son of Samuel and Ellen McElroy, of Sandymount, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Rank: Temp Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 726 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Kongoni, Stamford Hill, South Africa
Date of death: 1945-02-23
Aircraft: - -
Place of death: East Africa
Circumstances: DIED
Buried/commemorated: DAR ES SALAAM WAR CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 2, Row A, Grave 30
Family details: Son of Samuel and Ellen McElroy, of Sandymount, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
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