William Henry Clemens Toombs

Flight Lieutenant

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Percy Ralph and Elsie May Toombs, of Christchurch, Canterbury; husband of Heather Isobel Toombs, of Kaitaia. (Now known to have been cremated at Dundee Crematorium, Angus, Scotland).

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Piloting a Beaufighter from 455 Sqn RAAF, Leuchars, Fife, Scotland, on a demonstration flight for a pilot from 455 Sqn, entered a low speed stall near the ground and crashed into a stone wall and burned out near St Andrews. He remains were cremated at Dundee and later bought to New Zealand, contrary to normal procedure.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Volume 2, Page 175]

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Casualty

Service Number:

414359

Name:

William Henry Clemens Toombs

Rank:

Flight Lieutenant

Date of Birth:

Not known

Next of Kin:

Mrs Heather I. Toombs (wife), Yenbank, North Newport, England

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Enlistment Address:

Papanui, Christchurch, New Zealand

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Air Accident

Date of Death:

29 December 1943

Day of Death:

Wednesday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

Royal New Zealand Air Force

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Christchurch (Bromley) Crematorium

Cemetery Reference:

Rose Garden Mem.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand