Maurice Sydney Best

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Aaron and Alice Best, of Bombay, Auckland.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

"An airman pilot under training, Leading Aircraftman Maurice Sydney Best, of Bombay, Auckland, was killed a few minutes after 11 o'clock this morning, when he was'struck by an aircraft approaching the aerodrome at the R.N.Z.A.F. Station, New Plymouth. Best and another airman pilot were walking along the boundary of the aerodrome when the aircraft came in at a low altitude. Best was apparently struck by a wheel of the plane and was killed instantly. The machine was slightly damaged, but no one else was injured. A Court of Inquiry will be held. His next-of-kin is Mrs. A. Best,Bombay, Auckland."

[Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 137, 6 December 1940, Page 9]

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Casualty

Service Number:

403542

Name:

Maurice Sydney Best

Date of Birth:

Not known

Next of Kin:

Mrs A. Best (mother), Bombay, Auckland, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Accidently killed

Date of Death:

06 December 1940

Day of Death:

Friday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Bombay Presbyterian Church Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand