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Name: R M PATERSON
Rank: Acting Leading Airman
Official number: 2524 (NZD)
Role: Observer under training
Service/attached: RNZN
Squadron: 750 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Goshawk, Piarco, West Indies
Date of death: 1942-02-26
Aircraft: Albacore l N 4177
Place of death: Off Waterloo, Trinidad, British West Indies
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND, North Shore City
Commemoration details: Panel 3
Family details: Son of Robert S and Mary McAllen Paterson, of Kennington, Southland.
Rank: Acting Leading Airman
Official number: 2524 (NZD)
Role: Observer under training
Service/attached: RNZN
Squadron: 750 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Goshawk, Piarco, West Indies
Date of death: 1942-02-26
Aircraft: Albacore l N 4177
Place of death: Off Waterloo, Trinidad, British West Indies
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND, North Shore City
Commemoration details: Panel 3
Family details: Son of Robert S and Mary McAllen Paterson, of Kennington, Southland.
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