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Name: J C PATTERSON
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 776 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Tern, Twatt
Date of death: 1943-03-05
Aircraft: Defiant TT.1 DR 937
Place of death: Wide Firth, Orkneys
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND, North Shore City
Commemoration details: Panel 9
Family details: Son of William John Campbell and Florence Jane Patterson, of Picton, Marlborough, New Zealand; husband of Kathleen Alberta Patterson, of Picton, Marlborough, New Zealand.
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 776 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Tern, Twatt
Date of death: 1943-03-05
Aircraft: Defiant TT.1 DR 937
Place of death: Wide Firth, Orkneys
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND, North Shore City
Commemoration details: Panel 9
Family details: Son of William John Campbell and Florence Jane Patterson, of Picton, Marlborough, New Zealand; husband of Kathleen Alberta Patterson, of Picton, Marlborough, New Zealand.
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