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Alexander David Richmond Webber

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Edward Henry and Elena Alicia Webber, of Tarakohe, Nelson.

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  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES
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Biographical Notes:

3 New Zealand pilots lost their lives when the carrier HMS Avenger was torpedoed by a U-Boat west of the Strait of Gibraltar. Valentine Cowper and  Meliss Latter were stationed aboard, while Alexander Webber was a passenger, returning to HMS Dasher.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn Vol 1 p 271]

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Casualty

Name:
Alexander David Richmond Webber
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve, HMS Dasher

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
15 November 1942
Day of Death:
Sunday
Age at Death: 
20
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport, Auckland
Cemetery Reference: 
Panel 9.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
Alexander David Richmond Webber
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