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Flight Lieutenant JOHN RUSSELL PETRIE

Service Number: 414337
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal New Zealand Air Force

7 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 16 December 1943

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SAGE WAR CEMETERY

5. E. 4.

Germany

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Frank Petrie and of Annie Petrie (nee Morton), of Balclutha, Otago, New Zealand; husband of Frances Joan Petrie, of Baldutha.
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SAGE WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 971
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