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Pilot Officer WILFRED HENRY BURNHAM

Service Number: 404478
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal New Zealand Air Force

12 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 11 January 1942

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SUNDERLAND (RYHOPE ROAD) CEMETERY

Ward 16. Sec. B.B. Grave 15376.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of Roger Burnham and of Sophia May Burnham (nee Holthusen), of Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.
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SUNDERLAND (RYHOPE ROAD) CEMETERY
Durham United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 159
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