Stanley Hearne Gunn

Sergeant [Pilot]

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Donald Hearne Gunn and of Bertha Frances Gunn (nee Beswick), of Waimate, Canterbury, New Zealand.

References:

CWGC

Martyn (1998)

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Stanley Gunn was the Captain of a Wellington bomber, bought down over the battle area, crashing 36 miles WSW of Mersa Matruh, Egypt. All six crew died and are buried in Halfaya Sollum.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Vol 1 p 217]

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Casualty

Service Number:

412680

Name:

Stanley Hearne Gunn

Rank:

Sergeant

Additional Rank:

Pilot

Date of Birth:

Not known

Next of Kin:

Mrs Bertha Francis Gunn (mother), Taumarunui, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Air Force, 40 (RAF) Squadron

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Killed on air operations

Date of Death:

27 June 1942

Day of Death:

Saturday

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:

Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

Coll. grave 15. B. 2-3.

Cemetery Location:

Egypt