Flying Officer [Pilot]

James Robertson Grant (Jimmy) Bathgate

DFC

Awards

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of George Thomas Bathgate and of Eleanor Isabella Bathgate (nee Macnee), of Outram, Otago, New Zealand; husband of Dorothea Valentia Bathgate.

References:
  • CWGC
Relatives Who Are Also Casualties:
NZ WAR GRAVES
CONTRIBUTED

Public Contributions:

James Bathgate (Jimmy) was born at Outram, on the West Taieri, Otago, New Zealand on 29 October 1920 and was the eldest of 5 children (3 brothers and a sister). He joined the Royal New Zealand Air Fo... Read More

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Casualty

Service Number: 
403932
Name:
James Robertson Grant (Jimmy) Bathgate
Rank: 
Flying Officer
Additional Rank:
Pilot
Date of Birth:
29 October 1920
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force, 161 (RAF) Squadron

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Date of Death:
11 December 1943
Day of Death:
Saturday
Age at Death: 
23
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
3. B. 1A.
Cemetery Location: 
France
James Robertson Grant (Jimmy) Bathgate
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