Archibald John Hull

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Henry John and Mary Woods Hull, of Napier, Hawke's Bay.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

An Oxford, piloted by William Krogh, Archibald Hull and Herbert von Tunzelman took off from Harewood at 0900 and with Flight Mechanic, Albert Duffell.

15 minutes later they encountered fog and crashed into a hillside near Kaituna, Ataahua, opposite Lake Ellesmere. 4 other aircraft, on the same live firing exercise, were successfully recalled.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Volume 1, Page 89]

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Casualty

Service Number:

40232

Name:

Archibald John Hull

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:

22 July 1940

Day of Death:

Monday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Christchurch (Sydenham) Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

41. 46C.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand