Pilot Officer

Robert Michael Goldstone

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of John and Margaret Goldstone, of Wanganui.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Took off from Hobsonville to practice aerobatics over the Rangitoto Channel, but spun at low altitude and crashed 600 yds off Narrow Neck. [For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Vol.1, p.93,]

Public Contributions:

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
39914
Name:
Robert Michael Goldstone
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:
31 August 1940
Day of Death:
Saturday
Age at Death: 
21
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
O. 3. 127.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
Robert Michael Goldstone
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