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Name: J D HOUSTON
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 885 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Landrail, Machrihanish
Date of death: 1942-10-25
Aircraft: Spitfire Vb AA 872
Place of death: North Atlantic
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND, North Shore City
Commemoration details: Panel 9
Family details: Son of Watson and Anne Burgess Houston, of Featherston, Wairarapa. Native of Wellington, New Zealand
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 885 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Landrail, Machrihanish
Date of death: 1942-10-25
Aircraft: Spitfire Vb AA 872
Place of death: North Atlantic
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND, North Shore City
Commemoration details: Panel 9
Family details: Son of Watson and Anne Burgess Houston, of Featherston, Wairarapa. Native of Wellington, New Zealand
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