Jack Newton Chatfield

Private

Conflict:

WW2

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

MOTOR-CYCLIST’S DEATH

An inquest into the death of Jack Newton Chatfield, aged 18 years, of 1 Stenness avenue, Somerfleld, who died in the Christchurch Public Hospital on Saturday evening, was adjourned yesterday by the Coroner (Mr E. C. Lewey) after evidence of identification had been given by Kenneth Allen Hore. Chatfield was injured when the motor-cycle he was riding collided with a lorry at the corner of Montreal and Hereford streets on Saturday morning.

(PRESS, VOLUME LXXVIII, ISSUE 23695, 21 JULY 1942, PAGE 6)

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Casualty

Service Number:

HG/10/19903

Name:

Jack Newton Chatfield

Rank:

Private

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

New Zealand Military Forces

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Motor Vehicle Accident

Date of Death:

18 July 1942

Day of Death:

Saturday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Christchurch (Bromley) Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

13. 4E.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand