The story
Name: I A McKAY
Rank: Temp Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 827 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Furious
Date of death: 1943-11-22
Aircraft: Barracuda II P 9940
Place of death: At sea, Firth of Clyde
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND, North Shore City
Commemoration details: Panel 9
Family details: Son of Alexander Gillanders and Minnie McKay (nee Cheesman), of Spring Creek, Marlborough, New Zealand
Rank: Temp Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 827 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Furious
Date of death: 1943-11-22
Aircraft: Barracuda II P 9940
Place of death: At sea, Firth of Clyde
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND, North Shore City
Commemoration details: Panel 9
Family details: Son of Alexander Gillanders and Minnie McKay (nee Cheesman), of Spring Creek, Marlborough, New Zealand
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