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Sergeant MAURICE ALLAN TORRANCE

Service Number: 404970
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal New Zealand Air Force

149 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Date of Death

Died 16 October 1942

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

L'ILE-D'YEU (PORT JOINVILLE) COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Plot F. Row 1. Coll. grave 98.

France

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of Maurice Torrance, and of Jane Inglis Torrance (nee McKay), of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
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Buried or commemorated at

L'ILE-D'YEU (PORT JOINVILLE) COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Vendee France
Number of casualties: 16
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