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Name: J R PEPPERELL
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 759 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Heron, Yeovilton
Date of death: 1942-05-01
Aircraft: Sea Hurricane Ib Z 7068
Place of death: Shepton Mallet, Somerset
Circumstances: D.O.I.
Buried/commemorated: BATH (HAYCOMBE) CEMETERY - Somerset
Commemoration details: Plot 52, Section F, Row S, Grave 265
Family details: Son of Royce John Pepperell and of Estella Rose Pepperell (nee Bailey), of Warkworth, Auckland, New Zealand. Native of Eltham
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 759 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Heron, Yeovilton
Date of death: 1942-05-01
Aircraft: Sea Hurricane Ib Z 7068
Place of death: Shepton Mallet, Somerset
Circumstances: D.O.I.
Buried/commemorated: BATH (HAYCOMBE) CEMETERY - Somerset
Commemoration details: Plot 52, Section F, Row S, Grave 265
Family details: Son of Royce John Pepperell and of Estella Rose Pepperell (nee Bailey), of Warkworth, Auckland, New Zealand. Native of Eltham
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