Gilbert McLean Hayton

Flight Lieutenant

DFC

Awards

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Ernest Colin Hayton and of Lilian May Hayton (nee Dickson), of New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand.

References:

Martyn (2008)
Martyn (1998)

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

In transit from the Middle East to Britain, the HMT Laconia, was sunk by U-156, in the Atlantic,12th September 1942, off the coast of Liberia. Two New Zealanders survived the attack and escaped in lifeboats. Unfortunalely, neither made it to shore. Gilbert Hayton (RAF) died aboard the lifeboat on the day before it was rescued, 20th October 1942 and Peter Medhurst, (FAA) died around the 1st October 1942 - his boat landing in Liberia on the 10th.

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Casualty

Service Number:

42503

Name:

Gilbert McLean Hayton

Rank:

Flight Lieutenant

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Lost on HMT Laconia

Date of Death:

20 October 1942

Day of Death:

Tuesday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Alamein Memorial

Cemetery Reference:

Column 247.

Cemetery Location:

Egypt