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Flight Lieutenant JOHN BAIRD SMITH

Service Number: 414691
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal New Zealand Air Force

97 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 10 May 1944

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LESQUIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Grave 5.

France

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Photographer: Johan Pauwels

  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas Smith, and of Martha Smith (nee Baird), of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
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Buried or commemorated at

LESQUIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 14
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