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Writer DESMOND JOSEPH RUSSELL

Service Number: 2363
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal New Zealand Navy

Date of Death

Died 31 March 1942

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND

Panel 6.

New Zealand

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of John George and Catherine Mary Agnes Russell, of Waitara, Taranaki; nephew of Constance Badley, of Waitara.
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