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Pilot Officer ERIC PETER SHORTHOUSE

Service Number: 4212607
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Date of Death

Died 12 April 1945

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOURAIL MEMORIAL

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New Caledonia

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross, Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of John Stephen Shorthouse and of Marguerite Shorthouse (nee Gargrave), of Waimauku, Auckland, New Zealand.
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BOURAIL MEMORIAL
New Caledonia
Number of casualties: 449
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