William Albert Blackwood

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Albert John and Ada Francis Blackwood, of Caversham, Dunedin.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

"A Territorial. Driver Albert William Blackwood, aged 19, of Caversham, Dunedin, suffered fatal injuries when riding a motor cycle on the main Akaroa Road this morning. Driver Blackwood was thrown from the motor cycle at a sharp bend about a mile and a half on the Christchurch side of Akaroa. The machine apparently got out of control in loose shingle and he was thrown over a bank into a paddock. He died within a few minutes."

AUCKLAND STAR, VOLUME LXXIII, ISSUE 117, 20 MAY 1942, PAGE 8

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Casualty

Service Number:

3/34/333

Name:

William Albert Blackwood

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

New Zealand Army Service Corps

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Motor Vehicle Accident

Date of Death:

19 May 1942

Day of Death:

Tuesday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Dunedin (Anderson's Bay) Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

30. 1.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand