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Pilot Officer ROBERT BIRNIE

Service Number: 403773
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal New Zealand Air Force

458 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn

Date of Death

Died 08 January 1942

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHERBOURG OLD COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Plot 6. Row C. Joint grave 1-2.

France

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of George and Irene Birnie, of Murray's Bay, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Buried or commemorated at

CHERBOURG OLD COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Manche France
Number of casualties: 87
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