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Sub-Lieutenant (A) RICHARD GEORGE PEERS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve

H.M.S. Sparrow Hawk

Date of Death

Died 15 December 1944

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ROSSKEEN PARISH CHURCHYARD EXTENSIONS (OR BURIAL GROUND)

Sec. B. Grave 220.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of George Peers and of Alice Peers (nee Lightoller), of Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.
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Buried or commemorated at

ROSSKEEN PARISH CHURCHYARD EXTENSIONS (OR BURIAL GROUND)
Ross and Cromarty United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 156
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