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Name: E De A HEWETSON
Rank: Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 1841 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Formidable
Date of death: 1944-07-11
Aircraft: Corsair II JT 461, coded '7C'
Place of death: Enegars, near Hoy, Orkney Islands
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery, Orkney, Scotland
Commemoration details: Plot H, North Border, Grave 6
Family details: Son of Edward de Aulton Hewetson, and of Charlotte Agusta Hewetson (nee Robertson), of Gisborne, Auckland, New Zealand.
Rank: Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 1841 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Formidable
Date of death: 1944-07-11
Aircraft: Corsair II JT 461, coded '7C'
Place of death: Enegars, near Hoy, Orkney Islands
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery, Orkney, Scotland
Commemoration details: Plot H, North Border, Grave 6
Family details: Son of Edward de Aulton Hewetson, and of Charlotte Agusta Hewetson (nee Robertson), of Gisborne, Auckland, New Zealand.
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