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Name: J C TAYLOR
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 815 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Grebe, Dekheila, Egypt
Date of death: 1943-04-10
Aircraft: Swordfish I V 4688
Place of death: Near Mersa Matruh, Western Desert, Egypt
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot XXXIII, Row H, Grave 23
Family details: Son of John Glasgow Taylor and May Elizabeth Taylor, of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 815 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Grebe, Dekheila, Egypt
Date of death: 1943-04-10
Aircraft: Swordfish I V 4688
Place of death: Near Mersa Matruh, Western Desert, Egypt
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot XXXIII, Row H, Grave 23
Family details: Son of John Glasgow Taylor and May Elizabeth Taylor, of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
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