John Brian Hartland

Flying Officer

Conflict:

WW2

References:

CWGC

Martyn (1999)

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

"John Brian Hartland, single, aged 22, whose parents reside at Te Kauwhata, was fatally injured in an accident with a tractor on a farm at Albany this morning.

Mr. Hartland was driving a tractor towing discs through rough manuka on the property of Mr. G. Hawkins. No one witnessed the accident. When found, the tractor was overturned and Mr. Hartland was pinned beneath the discs. It is thought he endeavoured to jump clear of the tractor when it began to capsize."

[Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 142, 13 December 1945, Page 9]

John was on discharge leave at the time of the accident.

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Casualty

Service Number:

4213324

Name:

John Brian Hartland

Rank:

Flying Officer

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Accidental Death

Date of Death:

12 December 1945

Day of Death:

Wednesday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Auckland (Waikumete) Crematorium

Cemetery Reference:

Crem. Mem.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand