William Patrick Casey

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Patrick Casey, and of Margaret Casey (nee O'Reilly), of Milson, Manawatu; husband of Margaret Elizabeth Casey, of Palmerston North. Also served in the 1914-18 War.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

"Apparently falling from a train in which he was returning from Wellington to Palmerston North on Sunday night, Leading Aircraftman William Patrick Casey, aged 53, a married man, stationed in the Manawatu area, was run over by the train and killed instantly in the Tawa Flat tunnel, his body being severely injured. The body was found in the tunnel yesterday by a railway surfaceman. Mrs. Casey lives at 106 Toanui Street, Palmerston North, and there is a married daughter. L.A.C. Casey served as a soldier in the last war, and before that was five years in the Navy." [Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 108, 3 November 1942, Page 3]

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Casualty

Service Number:

4212441

Name:

William Patrick Casey

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Accidental Death

Date of Death:

01 November 1942

Day of Death:

Sunday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Taihape Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

43. 13.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand