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Eric Francis Holdaway

Conflict: 
WW2
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Biographical Notes:

Eric Holdaway, Eric Eldershaw and George Eathorne were aboard a Hudson bomber on a “circuits and landings” flight from Whenuapai when they reported engine difficulties and extreme turbulence. Minutes later at 1500 ft,  they went into steep turn and crashed 5 miles from Helensville.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Volume 1, Page 163]

 

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Casualty

Service Number: 
1281
Name:
Eric Francis Holdaway
Rank: 
Flying Officer
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Air Accident
Date of Death:
21 December 1941
Day of Death:
Sunday
Age at Death: 
34
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Auckland (Waikumete) Cemetery
Cemetery Reference: 
Prot. Soldiers Area G, Row 4, Grave 40.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
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