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Name: P K W NIAS
Rank: Temp Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 771 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Tern, Twatt
Date of death: 1942-08-27
Aircraft: Skua
Place of death: Hewton Head, Mainland, Orkney
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: KIRKWALL (ST OLAF'S) CEMETERY - Orkney, Scotland
Commemoration details: Plot 33, Joint grave 2
Family details: Son of Alfred Wade Nias and Emily Mary Nias, of Surbiton, Surrey
Rank: Temp Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 771 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Tern, Twatt
Date of death: 1942-08-27
Aircraft: Skua
Place of death: Hewton Head, Mainland, Orkney
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: KIRKWALL (ST OLAF'S) CEMETERY - Orkney, Scotland
Commemoration details: Plot 33, Joint grave 2
Family details: Son of Alfred Wade Nias and Emily Mary Nias, of Surbiton, Surrey
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