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Leading Aircraftman JOHN WILLIAM THOMAS NELSON

Service Number: 414663
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Date of Death

Died 23 January 1942

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NAPIER (OLD) CEMETERY

SW Block S, Grave 1088.

New Zealand

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of Horatio and Isabella Marie Nelson, of Napier, Hawke's Bay.
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Buried or commemorated at

NAPIER (OLD) CEMETERY
Napier City New Zealand
Number of casualties: 6
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