Major General

Owen Herbert Mead

CBE, DSO, MiD (WW1)

Awards

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Edward and Flora Mead; husband of Barbara Mead (nee Loughman). Three times mentioned in despatches in the 1914-18 war.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Public Contributions:

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Name:
Owen Herbert Mead
Rank: 
Major General
Date of Birth:
24 January 1892
Place of Birth:
OTA, Dunedin,
Next of Kin: 
Edward Mead (father), Blenheim, New Zealand|Mrs B. Mead (wife), Paraparaumu Beach, Wellington, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Blenheim, New Zealand|C/o Headquarters, Southern Military District, Christchurch, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Infantry

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Lost at sea off Tonga in Hudson aircraft of 4 Squadron, RNZAF
Date of Death:
25 July 1942
Day of Death:
Saturday
Age at Death: 
50
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Bodies of Embarkation:

Main Body
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF)
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
16 October 1914
Transport:

HMNZT 4
HMNZT 11
Vessel:
Tahiti or Athenic
Destination:
Suez, Egypt (3 December 1914)

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

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Cemetery Reference: 
Panel 1.
Cemetery Location: 
New Caledonia
Owen Herbert Mead
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