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Name: J J URLICH
Rank: Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 897 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Unicorn
Date of death: 1943-09-09
Aircraft: Seafire L.Ilc
Place of death: Mediterranean / Atlantic
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND, North Shore City
Commemoration details: Panel 9
Family details: Son of James Ivan and Julia Urlich (nee Porter), of Mount Albert, Auckland City, New Zealand. Native of Kaitaia, New Zealand
Rank: Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 897 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Unicorn
Date of death: 1943-09-09
Aircraft: Seafire L.Ilc
Place of death: Mediterranean / Atlantic
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND, North Shore City
Commemoration details: Panel 9
Family details: Son of James Ivan and Julia Urlich (nee Porter), of Mount Albert, Auckland City, New Zealand. Native of Kaitaia, New Zealand
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