Cyril Henry Comrie

Pilot Officer

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Henry Pearson Comrie, and of Olga Mary N. Comrie (nee Lane), of Wellington City; husband of Helen Comrie, of Wellington City.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

A Hudson bomber, piloted by Rolph Benfield, stalled while landing at Whenuapai. The plane spun into the Waitamata between Hobsonville and Pine Is. The Safety Pilot was Cyril Comrie [For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Vol.2, p.56]

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Casualty

Service Number:

416458

Name:

Cyril Henry Comrie

Rank:

Pilot Officer

Date of Birth:

01 January 1970

Place of Birth:

Wanganui, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Killed in an aircraft accident

Date of Death:

25 January 1943

Day of Death:

Monday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Wellington (Karori) Crematorium

Cemetery Reference:

13. A1. Brick wall.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand