Sergeant

John Aperehama Tirikatene

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of the Hon. Eruera Tihema Tirikatene, M.P., and Ruti Matekino Tirikatene, of Kaiapoi, Canterbury.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

While flying a Warhawk in “V” formation over Papakura camp, struck the  aircraft ahead. Passing underneath, he went into a dive and did not recover. The other pilot returned to base safely.

 

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Volume 2, Page 232]

 

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Casualty

Service Number: 
422634
Name:
John Aperehama Tirikatene
Rank: 
Sergeant
Date of Birth:
19 April 1923
Place of Birth: 
Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Air Accident
Date of Death:
06 June 1944
Day of Death:
Tuesday
Age at Death: 
21
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
John Aperehama Tirikatene
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