David Neil Graham

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Robert and Mary Amelia Graham (nee Barr); husband of Brenda L. Graham, of Bryndwr, Christchurch, Canterbury.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Flew his Seafire to attack airfields on Honshu, but his engine failed returning to the carrier and he baled out at low altitude. He was found by a rescue aircraft shortly afterward, injured and drowned, still attached to his parachute, his life jacket not inflated.

Buried at Sea

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn Vol 2 p 352]

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Casualty

Name:

David Neil Graham

Date of Birth:

Not known

Next of Kin:

Brenda L. Graham (wife), Bryndwr, Christchurch, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve, HMS Implacable

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Killed in Action

Date of Death:

24 July 1945

Day of Death:

Tuesday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport, Auckland

Cemetery Reference:

Panel 8.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand