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Name: R D HOSKIN
Rank: Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 836 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Shrike, Maydown
Date of death: 1943-11-18
Aircraft: Swordfish II HS 448
Place of death: Kintyre, Argyll
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: CAMPBELTOWN (KILKERRAN) CEMETERY, Argyllshire, Scotland
Commemoration details: Division 4. Grave 633
Family details: Son of Reginald Dennis and Ella Vera Hoskin; husband of Mary Patricia Hoskin, of Bethlehem, Auckland, New Zealand. Native of Wanganui, New Zealand
Rank: Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 836 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Shrike, Maydown
Date of death: 1943-11-18
Aircraft: Swordfish II HS 448
Place of death: Kintyre, Argyll
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: CAMPBELTOWN (KILKERRAN) CEMETERY, Argyllshire, Scotland
Commemoration details: Division 4. Grave 633
Family details: Son of Reginald Dennis and Ella Vera Hoskin; husband of Mary Patricia Hoskin, of Bethlehem, Auckland, New Zealand. Native of Wanganui, New Zealand
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