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Name: J A PICKARD
Rank: Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 815 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Grebe, Dekheila, Egypt
Date of death: 1942-06-26
Aircraft: Albacore I T 9169
Place of death: Indian Ocean
Circumstances: MISSING
Buried/commemorated: NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND, North Shore City
Commemoration details: Panel 9
Family details: Son of John and Rosa Pickard (nee Gaskell), of Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand
Rank: Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 815 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Grebe, Dekheila, Egypt
Date of death: 1942-06-26
Aircraft: Albacore I T 9169
Place of death: Indian Ocean
Circumstances: MISSING
Buried/commemorated: NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND, North Shore City
Commemoration details: Panel 9
Family details: Son of John and Rosa Pickard (nee Gaskell), of Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand
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