Sub-Lieutenant (A) DESMOND NELSON ELWOOD
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve
803 Sqdn. H.M.S. Formidable.
Date of Death
Died 01 August 1942
Age 24 years old
- Country of Service New Zealand
- Additional Info Son of Ira Nelson and Edith Mary Anne Elwood, of Mount Eden, Auckland.
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