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Thomas Patrick Davies

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of THomas Henry and Mary Kate Davies, of Brooklyn, Wellington.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

On a drogue towing mission, from Bell Block, took off at 1530, and failed to return. Pilot, Peter Morey’s remains were recovered from the sea 10 days later. The drogue operator, Thomas Davies, remains are lost and he is commemorated on the Wellington Provincial Memorial at Karori. It is believed that they crashed or ditched between Waitara and New Plymouth [For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Vol.1 p.277]

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Casualty

Service Number: 
39597
Name:
Thomas Patrick Davies
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:
07 December 1942
Day of Death:
Monday
Age at Death: 
29
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Wellington Provincial Memorial
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
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