Robert Murray Paterson

Leading Airman

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Robert S. and Mary McAllen Paterson, of Kennington, Southland.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Robert was the Observer on an Albacore1, training at HMS Goshawk, a base at Trinidad, Caribbean. The aircraft, piloted by A J Cribb, RNVR, rolled while executing a turn and dived into the ocean. All 3 crew were killed.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn Vol 1 p 185]

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Casualty

Service Number:

2524

Name:

Robert Murray Paterson

Rank:

Leading Airman

Date of Birth:

02 June 1917

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Navy, HMS Goshawk

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Killed in aircraft accident

Date of Death:

26 February 1942

Day of Death:

Thursday

Age at Death:

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 3.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand