Edward George Russell Morley

Pilot Officer

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Frederick Thomas Morley, and of Edith Morley (nee Parker), of Hastings, Hawke's Bay; husband of Nancy Emerald May Morley, of Hastings.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

TWO AIRMEN KILLED (P.A.) WELLINGTON, January 7. Two members of the R.N.Z.A.F. lost their lives in an aircraft accident near a South Island air station this morning during an instructional flight. They were: —

Pilot-officer Edward. George Russell Morley; wife, Mrs N. Morley, Masterton. L A.C. Eldred Charles Hart; father, Mr A. Hart. Alford Forest, Ashburton.

EVENING STAR, ISSUE 24397, 8 JANUARY 1943, PAGE 2

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Casualty

Service Number:

417091

Name:

Edward George Russell Morley

Rank:

Pilot Officer

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Air Accident

Date of Death:

07 January 1943

Day of Death:

Thursday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Hastings Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

401. M. North Side Row 6.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand