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Name: D W ADAMS
Rank: Temp Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 825 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1942-03-09
Aircraft: Swordfish II DK 687
Place of death: Solent
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND, North Shore City,
Commemoration details: Panel 8
Family details: Son of David Noble and Magdalene Elizabeth Adams (nee Schroder), of Carterton, Wairarapa, New Zealand
Rank: Temp Acting Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 825 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent
Date of death: 1942-03-09
Aircraft: Swordfish II DK 687
Place of death: Solent
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND, North Shore City,
Commemoration details: Panel 8
Family details: Son of David Noble and Magdalene Elizabeth Adams (nee Schroder), of Carterton, Wairarapa, New Zealand
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