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Name: G L HILLARY
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 830 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. St Angelo
Date of death: 1942-03-17
Aircraft: Swordfish L 7643, coded 'O'
Place of death: Mediterranean
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: TRIPOLI WAR CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 11, Row AA, Grave 19
Family details: Son of Leslie Herbert Leese Hillary and Frances Josephine Aylmer Hillary
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 830 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. St Angelo
Date of death: 1942-03-17
Aircraft: Swordfish L 7643, coded 'O'
Place of death: Mediterranean
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: TRIPOLI WAR CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 11, Row AA, Grave 19
Family details: Son of Leslie Herbert Leese Hillary and Frances Josephine Aylmer Hillary
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