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Flight Sergeant WILLIAM JOHN HENRY TORKINGTON

Service Number: 4210014
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1945

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOURAIL NEW ZEALAND WAR CEMETERY

5. 1.

New Caledonia

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of William Francis and Nancy Gertrude Torkington, of Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand.
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Buried or commemorated at

BOURAIL NEW ZEALAND WAR CEMETERY
New Caledonia
Number of casualties: 246
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