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Name: J R B WEEKES
Rank: Midshipman (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 819 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Illustrious
Date of death: 1940-11-26
Aircraft: Swordfish P 4224
Place of death: At sea, Mediterranean
Circumstances: MISSING
Buried/commemorated: LEROS WAR CEMETERY - Leros
Commemoration details: Plot 2, Row C, Grave 2
Family details: Son of Francis Leonard and Dorothy Weekes, of Elstree, Hertfordshire
Rank: Midshipman (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 819 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Illustrious
Date of death: 1940-11-26
Aircraft: Swordfish P 4224
Place of death: At sea, Mediterranean
Circumstances: MISSING
Buried/commemorated: LEROS WAR CEMETERY - Leros
Commemoration details: Plot 2, Row C, Grave 2
Family details: Son of Francis Leonard and Dorothy Weekes, of Elstree, Hertfordshire
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