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Date of birth = February 23 1897; NZ BDM Reg #4429.

Born 10th August 1921 in Auckland.

Born 4 December 1906, Wellington. [Record since amended - NZWGT]

Edgar Burns Gillespie died in the War Hospital (Eastern Hospital, Maryfield) Dundee.

Jim was my grandmother Marion's brother. I visited his grave in December 2021.

Born 23/01/1896, Mangaweka, Rangitekei, 3rd son of 6.

Third Engineer James was 27 and the son of Frank and Jane Mary James, of Puramchri, Takaka, Nelso

Born 31 Dec1916 in Otautau, Southland, New Zealand

139 Squadron Mosquito XX KB205 XD-N
Berlin
Took off from RAF Upwood at 20:00.

Robert was a very good friend and hung out with my late parents in Rotorua prior to the 1939/1945

James Strang Laidlaw was born in Invercargill, NZ, 9th December, 1829, to Eliza ( née Dewar) and