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Name: J ELDER
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 796 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Kilele, Tanga, East Africa
Date of death: 1943-05-05
Aircraft: Swordfish V 4699
Place of death: Kenya
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: TANGA EUROPEAN CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 11, Row A, Grave 7
Family details: Son of Henry Watson Elder and Janet McNicol Elder, of Clarkston, Glasgow
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 796 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Kilele, Tanga, East Africa
Date of death: 1943-05-05
Aircraft: Swordfish V 4699
Place of death: Kenya
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: TANGA EUROPEAN CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 11, Row A, Grave 7
Family details: Son of Henry Watson Elder and Janet McNicol Elder, of Clarkston, Glasgow
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