Mason Irvine Elliott

Pilot Officer

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Henry Irvine Elliott, and of Katherine Sarah Elliott (nee Linkhorn), of Auckland City; husband of Katherine Ann Elliott (née Dance), of New Plymouth, Taranaki.

References:

CWGC

Martyn (1998)

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Tiger Moth accident: Went missing on an Army Co-operation exercise with the Home Guard. Tiger Moth II NZ1432 took off from Rongotai on the morning of 23 August 1942 while being operated by 2 Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit and failed to return. Large scale searches failed to find any trace of the aircraft.
Wreckage finally found in a steep gully in Makara Hills near Karori on 21 June 1945.
Pilot Officer Mason Elliott and Lieutenant Harold Francis Bollard #5/2300 of the Home Guard both killed.
The aircraft had flown into zero visibility and high winds and over Te Marama Station was caught in a downdraught. [Martyn 1998 p240]

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Casualty

Service Number:

416102

Name:

Mason Irvine Elliott

Rank:

Pilot Officer

Date of Birth:

05 October 1914

Place of Birth:

Auckland, New Zealand

Education:

Seddon Memorial Technical School

Date of Enlistment:

09 November 1941

Occupation on Enlistment:

Journeyman Jeweller

Employer:

C D Cowan, Auckland

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Air Force, 2 Anti-aircraft Co-operation Flight

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Killed in aircraft accident

Date of Death:

23 August 1942

Day of Death:

Sunday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Waikaraka Park Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

Area 2, Block L, Grave 61B.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand