Dorothy Nina Hansen

Lance Bombardier

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Hansen, of Silverstream, Hutt Valley.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

"When an American truck, failing to negotiate a bend in Three Kings Road, crashed into a tram shelter, a member of the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps who was standing in the shelter received injuries from which she died on the way to hospital. A young man who was standing beside her suffered only bruises. The victim was Miss Dorothy Nina Hansen, aged 24, whose mother, Mrs A. Hansen, resides at Silverstream, Wellington, Miss Hansen was attached to an army unit in Auckland. The vehicle passed right through the structure, bringing the roof down to the footpath. The truck then moved back on to the road and stopped with the front portion in a hedge on the opposite side of the road. The driver escaped injury."

[Waikato Times, Volume 194, Issue 22280, 23 February 1944, Page 4]

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Casualty

Service Number:

813216

Name:

Dorothy Nina Hansen

Rank:

Lance Bombardier

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

New Zealand Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Motor Vehicle Accident

Date of Death:

22 February 1944

Day of Death:

Tuesday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Wallaceville Presbyterian Church Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

2. F.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand