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Name: J H REEVES
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 766 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Landrail, Machrihanish
Date of death: 1943-05-01
Aircraft: Swordfish ll DK 744
Place of death: At sea, Skipness Bombing Range, Kilbrannan Sound, Kintyre, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND, North Shore City
Commemoration details: Panel 9
Family details: Son of George Frederick and Elizabeth Wilkins Reeves (nee Kaye), of Haumoana, Hawke's Bay. Native of Napier, New Zealand
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RNZNVR
Squadron: 766 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Landrail, Machrihanish
Date of death: 1943-05-01
Aircraft: Swordfish ll DK 744
Place of death: At sea, Skipness Bombing Range, Kilbrannan Sound, Kintyre, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND, North Shore City
Commemoration details: Panel 9
Family details: Son of George Frederick and Elizabeth Wilkins Reeves (nee Kaye), of Haumoana, Hawke's Bay. Native of Napier, New Zealand
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