Edward John Buckeridge

Stoker 1st Class

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of John and Rene Buckeridge, of Waihi.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

On 7 April 1943 Moa was refuelling from the USS Erskine M. Phelps at Tulagi Harbour when Japanese aircraft attacked. The Moa sustained two near misses and two direct hits from 500-pound bombs, one that passed through the ship before exploding in the water abeam to starboard, the other passed through the captain's cabin into the Boiler Room where it exploded, effectively breaking the ships back. Moa sank bow first within about four minutes. Five ratings were killed, Kenneth Bailey, Edward Buckeridge, Hugh Crawford, Colin Duncan and John Moffat. All are commemorated on the Devonport Memorial.

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Casualty

Service Number:

4742

Name:

Edward John Buckeridge

Rank:

Stoker 1st Class

Date of Birth:

Not known

Next of Kin:

Mrs Rene Buckeridge (mother), Waihi, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Navy

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Killed in Action

Date of Death:

07 April 1943

Day of Death:

Wednesday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport, Auckland

Cemetery Reference:

Panel 4.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand