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Name: D N ELWOOD
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 803 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Formidable
Date of death: 1942-08-01
Aircraft: Fulmar II DR 647
Place of death: At sea, Bay of Bengal
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND, North Shore City
Commemoration details: Panel 8
Family details: Son of Ira Nelson and Edith Mary Anne Elwood, of Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 803 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Formidable
Date of death: 1942-08-01
Aircraft: Fulmar II DR 647
Place of death: At sea, Bay of Bengal
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND, North Shore City
Commemoration details: Panel 8
Family details: Son of Ira Nelson and Edith Mary Anne Elwood, of Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand
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