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Gordon Leonard Barnard

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Leonard Chambers Barnard and Laura Mary Barnard, of Mangamingi, Taranaki.

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NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

"When two fighter aircraft collided near a North Island air station on Friday afternoon during acrobatic training, Sergeant Gordon Leonard Barnard lost his life. His father is Mr. L. C. Barnard, Eltham. The pilot of the other machine, Pilot Officer John Barry Riley, Masterton, made a descent by parachute, escaping with a dislocated shoulder. Barnard's parachute was not used."

EVENING POST, VOLUME CXXXVII, ISSUE 131, 5 JUNE 1944, PAGE 3

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Casualty

Service Number: 
4215777
Name:
Gordon Leonard Barnard
Rank: 
Sergeant
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Aircraft Accident
Date of Death:
02 June 1944
Day of Death:
Friday
Age at Death: 
21
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Eltham Cemetery, New Zealand
Cemetery Reference: 
Plot 29, Block 5, Sub. 2.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
Gordon Leonard Barnard
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