Ralph Keith Stringer

Pilot Officer

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Herbert George and Irene Gertrude Stringer, of Wellington City.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Two aircraft of the R.N.Z.A.F. collided in mid-air yesterday near a South Island Air Force station. Each aircraft contained an instructor and an airman-pilot under training, all of whom lost their lives. The personnel concerned were:

Flying-officer Travis Lester Osborn; father, Mr T. L. A. Osborn. of Hamilton.

Leading-aircraftman Robert Lindsay Hulbert; mother, Mrs R. Hulbert, Christchurch.

Pilot-officer Ralph Keith Stringer; father, Mr H. G. Stringer, Motueka.

Leading - aircraftman Maxwell Beattie; wife, Mrs M. Beattie, Christchurch.

EVENING STAR, ISSUE 25011, 2 NOVEMBER 1943, PAGE 2

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Casualty

Service Number:

391086

Name:

Ralph Keith Stringer

Rank:

Pilot Officer

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Air Accident

Date of Death:

01 November 1943

Day of Death:

Monday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Motueka Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

261. 2.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand