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A cable received bv Mrs. K. M Garland, of 10. Sharpe Road. Kpsom. from the Air Ministry, indicates that, according to advice from the Foreign Office, her only son. Pilot-Officer Douglas Wcstland Garland, was interned in Algiers. In his last letter he stated that he was flying a Wellington bomber on raids over Germany. No advice had been received that he was missing. A nephew of Dr. L. T. Buxton administrator of St. Patrick's Cathedral, and a grandson of Mr G J Garland, of Auckland, Pilot-Officer Garland was born in Auckland 22 years ago. He was educated at Kings School and Si. Patrick's College, Silverstream. Before the outbreak of war he had applied for a short-service commission ami commenced training with the Roval NewZealand Air Force shortly after . .Trained at New Plymouth and Blenheim, he acted as adjutant of a draft which left for Knglahd in October. Pilot-Officer Garland was posted to a Hurricane squadron after further training, and later h ■ \ va "« captain of a Wellington bomber IPs father. Mr. Stuart Garland j, well known in business r:,v ! < s j-! \u c city.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 193, 16 August 1941, Page 8
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