John Samuel Flaws

Private

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Cyril Johnstone and Kathleen Flaws, of Kaiwharawhara, Wellington.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

"An 18-year-old yachtsman, Samuel John Flaws, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Flaws,Rangiora Avenue, Kaiwarra, was drowned in Evans Bay on Saturday afternoon when an Idle Along yacht of which he was a member of the crew capsized about 400 yards off the southern point of Shelly Bay. It is understood that the two other members of the crew were wearing life-jackets, and succeeded in swimming to the shore, but Flaws did not possess one, and when he left the upturned yacht in an attempt to swim to the beach he found the distance too great. The body was not recovered, and today the police were still searching for it."

[Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 63, 16 March 1942, Page 6]

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Casualty

Service Number:

2/1/420

Name:

John Samuel Flaws

Rank:

Private

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

New Zealand Infantry

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Accidental Death

Date of Death:

14 March 1942

Day of Death:

Saturday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Wellington Provincial Memorial

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand