Melvin Roland Greenslade

Flight Lieutenant

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Robert William Mason Greenslade and of Florence Ada Greenslade (nee Pledger), of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand; husband of Dorothea Veronica Greenslade, of Dunedin.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Avenger, NZ2530 took off from Bougainville with 5 others, to join with 12 US navy aircraft and attack Vunakavu airfield at Rabaul,(PNG). It is believed that the Avenger, piloted by Melvin Greenslade(,RNZAF), was hit by anti aircraft fire shortly after passing over the north west part of the airfield on a bombing run. Observer John Morrison ( RNZVR), Air gunner William McCloud (RNZAF) and the pilot died.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn Vol 2 p 230]

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Casualty

Service Number:

1225

Name:

Melvin Roland Greenslade

Rank:

Flight Lieutenant

Date of Birth:

15 May 1910

Place of Birth:

Dunedin, New Zealand

Next of Kin:

Mrs D.V. Greenslade (wife), Dunedin, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Killed in Action

Date of Death:

28 May 1944

Day of Death:

Sunday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Embarkment Date:

01 May 1944

Destination:

Norfolk Island

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Bourail Memorial

Cemetery Reference:

Panel 3.

Cemetery Location:

New Caledonia