Flight Sergeant

John Harold Tanner

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of George Harold and Maria Tanner, of Hataitai, Wellington, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Public Contributions:

This is my uncle whom I never knew as he was killed the same year as his brother Thomas Steele Tanner in Singapore. He was a great rugby player and cricketer. Also a very good yachtsman. My poor gran... Read More

Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
41960
Name:
John Harold Tanner
Rank: 
Flight Sergeant
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mrs G. Tanner (mother), 11 Hamilton Road, Haitaitai, Wellington, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Armed Force: 
Air Force
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force, 126 Squadron

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed on air operations
Date of Death:
13 August 1942
Day of Death:
Thursday
Age at Death: 
22
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Royal New Zealand Air Force

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

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Cemetery Reference: 
Panel 5, Column 2.
Cemetery Location: 
Malta
John Harold Tanner
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