Graham Wellesley Hamlin

Flight Lieutenant

DFC

Awards

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of James Arthur Wellesley Hamlin, and of Edith Evening Hamlin (nee Jones), of Remuera, Auckland City.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

On a test flight of a Hudson bomber at Whenuapai, the aircraft stalled into a spin at 500ft and crashed into a hangar, killing all those aboard. The Crew were:

Ft. Lt. Graham Hamlin, Plt. Off. Ian McGregor, Cpl. John Barraclough and ACT James Mitchell.

[ For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Volume 1, Page 281]

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Casualty

Service Number:

40227

Name:

Graham Wellesley Hamlin

Rank:

Flight Lieutenant

Date of Birth:

04 October 1918

Place of Birth:

New Plymouth, New Zealand

Education:

Nelson College

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Occupation on Enlistment:

Bank Officer

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Air Accident

Date of Death:

17 December 1942

Day of Death:

Thursday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Place:

Lyttelton, New Zealand

Embarkment Date:

11 August 1940

Vessel:

Akaroa

Destination:

Liverpool, England via Panama Canal (30 September 1940)

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Purewa Public Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

Block A, Row 2, Grave 3.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand