Thomas Chalmers Glen McBride

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Peter McLellan and Rachel Margaret McBride, of Wellington City; husband of Linda Ivy McBride, of Wadestown, Wellington City.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Sub-Lt Thomas Chalmers Glen McBride was an accountant in Wellington before he joined the Fleet Air Arm (the flying branch of the Navy) in 1942. He trained in Britain and in Detroit, USA, before being commissioned in 1943. Married to Linda Butler in April 1945 when Glen returned home to New Zealand on leave. However, they only had 5 weeks together before Glen had to return to his ship, the aircraft carrier HMS Indefatigable. Linda never saw him again.

Glen McBride was the Observer on a Fairey Firefly Mk. 1, lost over Japan on 10 August 1945. He was killed just five days before the Japanese surrender and is believed to be the last New Zealander killed in action in the Second World War.

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Casualty

Name:

Thomas Chalmers Glen McBride

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve, HMS Indefatigable

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Killed in Action

Date of Death:

10 August 1945

Day of Death:

Friday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport, Auckland

Cemetery Reference:

Panel 9.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand