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Gray Duncan Paterson

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Charles and Euphemia Paterson, of Napier, Hawkes Bay.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

He was the Observer on a Barracuda that went over the side when landing on the HMS Indomitable, in the Indian Ocean. The pilot, New Zealander, D W Currie and the Air Gunner survived uninjured.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn Vol 2 p 245]

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Casualty

Name:
Gray Duncan Paterson
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve, HMS Victorious

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Air Accident
Date of Death:
30 June 1944
Day of Death:
Friday
Age at Death: 
26
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport, Auckland
Cemetery Reference: 
Panel 9.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
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