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Wilfred Lowe

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Thomas and Sarah Ann Lowe, of Rochdale, Lancashire, England; husband of Aileen Naomi Lowe, of Wellington City.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

"Struck on the jaw by a fence railing with which his car collided in Queen's Drive, Lyall Bay (Wellington) yesterday afternoon, an hotel chef, Wilfred Lowe, married, aged 44, was killed outright. Lowe, who was the only occupant of the car, struck a fence on the left-hand side of tfhe road. The railing ran through the bonnet and knocked him into the back seat. The car careered across the road, and came to rest in some bushes on its wheels, but badly damaged."

[Evening Star, Issue 25321, 1 November 1944, Page 6]

 

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Casualty

Service Number: 
415102
Name:
Wilfred Lowe
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Motor Vehicle Accident
Date of Death:
31 October 1944
Day of Death:
Tuesday
Age at Death: 
41
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Wellington (Karori) Crematorium
Cemetery Reference: 
2. A1. Brick wall.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
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