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Pilot Officer WILLIAM GEORGE DUNCAN THURSTON

Service Number: 41376
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal New Zealand Air Force

37 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Date of Death

Died 20 June 1942

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY

6. G. 7.

Libya

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick Thurston and of Mary Thurston (nee Crossan), of Heriot, Otago, New Zealand; husband of Hazel Thurston, of Rangiora, Canterbury, New Zealand.
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Buried or commemorated at

BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY
Libya
Number of casualties: 1240
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