Leslie Wright

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Leonard W. Wright and Elizabeth Esther Wright, of Claudelands, Hamilton.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

On a cross country instrument navigation exercise, the Fairey Gordon piloted by Basil Sharp and Leslie Wright was seen flying low over trees before banking steeply and crashing to the ground on the Northern side of Leithfield Beach Road.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Volume 1, Page 102]

Public Contributions:

Leslie was an engaging and kind young man, the third of four children in a close knit family. He and his two older brothers rowed together in an 'eight' of the Hamilton Rowing Club. When the Fairey G... Read More

Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
401799
Name:
Leslie Wright
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:
11 December 1940
Day of Death:
Wednesday
Age at Death: 
22
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
Public Area B6, Row K, Grave 11.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
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