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Able Seaman WILLIAM ARTHUR GOWER POINTON

Service Number: 3847
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal New Zealand Navy

Date of Death

Died 20 January 1944

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AUCKLAND (WAIKUMETE) CEMETERY

Prot. Naval Area A, Row 2, Grave 26.

New Zealand

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of William Arthur and Annie Lavinia Pointon, of Mount Albert, Auckland City.
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Buried or commemorated at

AUCKLAND (WAIKUMETE) CEMETERY
Auckland City New Zealand
Number of casualties: 286
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