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Able Seaman GORDON JOHN LYNCH

Service Number: A/1784
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve

H.M.S. Garth

Date of Death

Died 27 December 1942

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GILLINGHAM (WOODLANDS) CEMETERY, KENT

Naval Reservation. Grave 1490.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of Mylford John and Emily Winifred Lynch, of Auckland City, New Zealand.
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Buried or commemorated at

GILLINGHAM (WOODLANDS) CEMETERY, KENT
Kent United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 1218
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