Lieutenant

Matthew Cameron Farrer

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Awards

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Matthew Roland and Dorothy Lucy Clare Farrer, of Te Kuiti.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

While practicing dives at a cliff top target, Matthew dived his Spitfire directly into sea, around 500 yds  from Tintagel, Cornwall.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn Vol 2 p 356]

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Casualty

Name:
Matthew Cameron Farrer
Rank: 
Lieutenant
Date of Birth:
04 June 1922
Place of Birth: 
Hamilton, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Occupation on Enlistment:
Student
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve, HMS Vulture, 709 (FAA) Squadron

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Air Accident
Date of Death:
27 August 1945
Day of Death:
Monday
Age at Death: 
23
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
Panel 8.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
Matthew Cameron Farrer
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