Leslie Ernest Pole

Sergeant

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Ernest and Margaret Pole, of Mount Eden, Auckland City, New Zealand.

References:

CWGC

Martyn (1998)

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Flying in a Stirling from RAF Lakenheath, a fire broke out on the starboard outer engine, spread to the inner and caused the wing to detach. All the crew died including 4 New Zealanders, buried at Beck Row.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn. Vol.1 p.222]

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Casualty

Service Number:

39882

Name:

Leslie Ernest Pole

Rank:

Sergeant

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Air Force, 149 (RAF) Squadron

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Air accident

Date of Death:

16 July 1942

Day of Death:

Thursday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

Royal New Zealand Air Force

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Beck Row (St. John) Churchyard

Cemetery Reference:

Row B. Grave 9.

Cemetery Location:

United Kingdom