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Meliss Stuart Latter

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Alan LeClerc and Mary Latter, of Christchurch, Canterbury.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

3 New Zealand pilots lost their lives when the carrier HMS Avenger was torpedoed by a U-Boat west of the Strait of Gibraltar. Valentine Cowper and  Meliss Latter were stationed aboard, while Alexander Webber was a passenger, returning to HMS Dasher.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn Vol 1 p 271]

 

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Casualty

Name:
Meliss Stuart Latter
Rank: 
Lieutenant
Date of Birth:
Not known
Education: 
Nelson College
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve, HMS Avenger

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in Action
Date of Death:
15 November 1942
Day of Death:
Sunday
Age at Death: 
24
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport, Auckland
Cemetery Reference: 
Panel 8.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
Meliss Stuart Latter
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