Gunner

Neville James Lush

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Thomas George and Florence Mary Lush, of Waipounamu, Southland.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

ACCIDENT WITH RIFLE (By Telegraph.—Press Association) CHRISTCHURCH, Sunday One gunner was fatally injured and another received lesser injuries in an accident with a rifle at a coastal artillery station in Canterbury. The man fatally injured was:— Gunner Neville James Lush, of Waipounamu, Southland. The following official statement was issued this evening by the military authorities:—“At 6.45 a.m. on February 26 a serious accident occurred at a coastal battery and two gunners were injured. They were Neville James Lush, who died in hospital, and Kenneth Evan Tippett. “Both men were removed to the Christchurch Hospital. In spite of blood transfusions, Gunner Lush died late in the afternoon. Gunner Tippett, who is still in hospital, is progressing satisfactorily.”

WAIKATO TIMES, VOLUME 132, ISSUE 21974, 1 MARCH 1943, PAGE 2

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
437196
Name:
Neville James Lush
Rank: 
Gunner
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
New Zealand Artillery

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Accidentally killed
Date of Death:
26 February 1943
Day of Death:
Friday
Age at Death: 
21
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Cemetery Reference: 
7. 11.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
Neville James Lush
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