Pilot Officer

William Raymond Brant

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of William Robert and Marion Mason Brant; husband of Gladys Jean Brant, of Eketahuna, Wairarapa.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

On a night cross-country exercise, an Airspeed Oxford took of from RNZAF Wigram and in deteriorating weather, flew into rising terrain between Halkett and West Melton. The Staff pilot was William Brant and the pilots under training were Neville Bailey and Eric Munro

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Volume 2, Page 145]

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Casualty

Service Number: 
413019
Name:
William Raymond Brant
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:
30 September 1943
Day of Death:
Thursday
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
E. 10. (Old Anglican Cem. Adjacent to Public Cem.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
William Raymond Brant
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