Arthur Ormond Hathaway

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Arthur David and Helen Flora Hathaway, of Martinborough.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

"While engaged in nlglit-flying training at Woodbourne last night an aircraft of the Royal New Zealand Air Force crashed. The sole occupant, Leading Aircraftman Arthur Ormond Hathaway, was killed. The cause of the accident is obscure. A court of inquiry, will be held. Leading Aircraftman Hathaway was born in Masterton in 1913. His next-of-kin is his father, Mr. A. D. Hathaway, of Martinborough".

EVENING POST, VOLUME CXXXII, ISSUE 44, 20 AUGUST 1941, PAGE 8

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Casualty

Service Number:

412687

Name:

Arthur Ormond Hathaway

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:

19 August 1941

Day of Death:

Tuesday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Martinborough Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

3. 143.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand