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Flying Officer TOHUNGA RICHARD RIWAI

Service Number: 421764
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal New Zealand Air Force

488 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 21 February 1944

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY

2. K. 2.

United Kingdom

Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, UK: selected headstones photographed by Ian Small, 29 June 2019. Flying Officer T.R. Riwai who served in the Royal N.Z. Air Force flying de Havilland Mosquitoes and died during a night-time interception patrol in 1944.

Photographer: Ian Small

  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of Ripai and Pita Rwai, of Rotorua. Auckland, New Zealand.
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Buried or commemorated at

BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY
Surrey United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 7049
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