The story
Name: FERGUSON
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: 4384 (RNZN)
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RNZN
Squadron: 835 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Nairana
Date of death: 1944-03-04
Aircraft: Swordfish II LS 355, coded 'H'
Place of death: At sea, Atlantic
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND, North Shore City
Commemoration details: Panel 3
Family details: Son of William Joseph and Ruby Ferguson, of Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand. Native of Wellington, New Zealand
Rank: Leading Airman (TY)
Official number: 4384 (RNZN)
Role: Telegraphist Air Gunner 3rd Class
Service/attached: RNZN
Squadron: 835 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Nairana
Date of death: 1944-03-04
Aircraft: Swordfish II LS 355, coded 'H'
Place of death: At sea, Atlantic
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND, North Shore City
Commemoration details: Panel 3
Family details: Son of William Joseph and Ruby Ferguson, of Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand. Native of Wellington, New Zealand
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