Flight Sergeant

Vickers Kitchener Cairns

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Robert and Elizabeth Cairns; husband of Marion Isabel Cairns (née McGeorge, later McIntosh), of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Martyn (2008)
  • Martyn (1999)
  • BDM Online
Relatives Who Are Also Casualties:
NZ WAR GRAVES

Public Contributions:

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
38108
Name:
Vickers Kitchener Cairns
Rank: 
Flight Sergeant
Date of Birth:
26 December 1914
Place of Birth:
Waimate, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
04 May 1938
Marital Status on Enlistment: 
Single
Marital Status on Death: 
Married
Occupation on Enlistment:
Carpenter
Employer:
R J Jamieson and Company, Christchurch
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Date of Death:
23 September 1943
Day of Death:
Thursday
Age at Death: 
28
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Cemetery Reference: 
Panel 6.
Cemetery Location: 
New Caledonia
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