Dean Rainsford Horrocks

Flying Officer

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Lindsay Robert Brownlow Horrocks, and Minnie Robina Horrocks, of Parnell, Auckland City.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

During an air firing exercise in the Tasman Bay, a Hudson 3, piloted by Dean Horrocks and Vincent Hill flew so low the propellers hit the waves causing massive vibration through the aircraft. The plane climbed to around 200 ft., but soon lost height and crashed into the water.

Of the remaining crew, only the Observer, J Colway, made it to the shore, despite him being the only man without a life jacket. Air gunners Jack Bryson, Victor Chapple, Gordon Stevens and Armourer John Davis died, as did the two pilots.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Vol.2 p.253]

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Casualty

Service Number:

412234

Name:

Dean Rainsford Horrocks

Rank:

Flying Officer

Date of Birth:

06 March 1922

Place of Birth:

Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand

Next of Kin:

Mrs M.R. Horrocks (mother), 27 St Georges Bay Road, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Enlistment Address:

27 St Georges Bay Road, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand

Occupation on Enlistment:

University architectural student

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Air Accident

Date of Death:

29 September 1942

Day of Death:

Tuesday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Embarkation Place:

Auckland, New Zealand

Embarkment Date:

21 October 1941

Destination:

Singapore (13 November 1941)

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Devonport (O'Neill's Point) Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

Block G, Grave 226.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand