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John Ronald Scott Orbell

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Ronald Graeme Scott and Mary Gledhill Orbell (nee Pitcairn) of Oamaru, Otago.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Took off from Woodbourne, NZ, in fine weather for a solo practice flight and failed to return. A search of some 50 flights failed to find any trace of the Harvard aircraft.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Volume 1, Page 237]

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Casualty

Service Number: 
417098
Name:
John Ronald Scott Orbell
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Dr Ronald Graeme Scott Orbell (father), 46 Reed Street, Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Air Accident
Date of Death:
18 August 1942
Day of Death:
Tuesday
Age at Death: 
24
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Otago Provincial Memorial
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
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