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John Adam Sligo was the Son of Alfred and Rose (nee Adam) Sligo of Gisborne, and the husband of Marie Theresa Sligo, of Lower Hutt. John Sligo served in WWII as a Pilot Officer in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, 57 (RAF) Squadron. He was killed in Denmark during an air operation 8 May 1942, at age 24, and is buried at Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery in Denmark.

Identification

Object type
Image
Relation
Digital Photograph Collection, with hardcopy held (see Coolstore)
Date
1941
Digitisation ID
2014P_IMCA-Coolstore_008413
Held In
Coolstore

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