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John David Houston

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Watson and Anne Burgess Houston, of Featherston, Wairarapa.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

While practicing deck landings at sea on HMS Formidable, John Houston’s Spitfire missed all the arrestor wires, overshot the bows and sank. He was attached to HMS Landrail and based in Scotland. [For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn Vol 1 p 263]

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Casualty

Name:
John David Houston
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve, HMS Landrail

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Air Accident
Date of Death:
25 October 1942
Day of Death:
Sunday
Age at Death: 
21
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport, Auckland
Cemetery Reference: 
Panel 9.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
John David Houston
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