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Thomas Ian Harray

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Thomas Ian AWMM
  • Surname
    Harray AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    3 March 1916 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
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  • Post war occupation
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Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Navy AWMM
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  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
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  • Enlistment
    WW2 15 July 1932 AWMM Seaman Boy AWMM
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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
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Medical history

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    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • 1941: 13/14th December. Swordfish T9151. Ops: Raid on Derna airfield, Libya. Took-off downwind at El Adem, after a refulling stop and failed to get airborne. Collided with a (SAAF?) Blenheim at the end of the runway and exploded killing all crews.

    Swordfish Crew:
    P: Sub Lt (A) J S Kyffin RN
    O: Lt (A) T I Harray RN
    TAG: L/A R J Carmichael SFX393 RN

    Information provided by Antonio McDonald AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    13 December 1941 AWMM
    Age 25 AWMM
    El Adem Box, Libya AWMM
  • Date of death
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  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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    Addenda Panel, Lee-On-Solent Memorial, Hampshire, United Kingdom AWMM

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