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Name: A T RAINES
Rank: Temp Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 884 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Victorious
Date of death: 1942-09-23
Aircraft: Spitfire Vb AB 940
Place of death: Near Petersfield
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: HASLAR ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY, Hampshire
Commemoration details: New Ground, Plot G, Row 10, Grave 8
Family details: Son of Victor and Gertrude Raines, of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. Native of Dunedin, New Zealand
Rank: Temp Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 884 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Victorious
Date of death: 1942-09-23
Aircraft: Spitfire Vb AB 940
Place of death: Near Petersfield
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: HASLAR ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY, Hampshire
Commemoration details: New Ground, Plot G, Row 10, Grave 8
Family details: Son of Victor and Gertrude Raines, of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. Native of Dunedin, New Zealand
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