The story
Name: A SHARPE
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 882 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Searcher
Date of death: 1944-08-19
Aircraft: Wildcat JV384, Coded '882'
Place of death: South of France.
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: MAZARGUES WAR CEMETERY, MARSEILLES, Bouches-du-Rhone
Commemoration details: Plot 3, Row E, Grave 2
Family details: Son of Robert Calman Sharpe and Anna Louisa Sharpe, of Wanganui, Wellington, New Zealand.
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 882 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Searcher
Date of death: 1944-08-19
Aircraft: Wildcat JV384, Coded '882'
Place of death: South of France.
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: MAZARGUES WAR CEMETERY, MARSEILLES, Bouches-du-Rhone
Commemoration details: Plot 3, Row E, Grave 2
Family details: Son of Robert Calman Sharpe and Anna Louisa Sharpe, of Wanganui, Wellington, New Zealand.
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