Eric Alfred Langridge

Aircraftman 1st Class

Conflict:

WW2

References:

CWGC

Martyn (1999)

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Eric Langridge was a well know racing cyclist. En-route from Taumarunui to a road race in Nelson, he was critically injured when thrown from his bike as the dynamo slipped into the wheel.

" Eric Alfred Langridge, who was admitted to the Nelson Public Hospital on Monday, suffering from a dislocated fracture of the neck, received when he was thrown from his bicycle, died in the evening. The deceased, who was an airman at the Air Force station at Nelson was a married man, aged 25. His wife resides in Onehunga."

[Evening Star, Issue 25545, 25 July 1945, Page 4]

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Casualty

Service Number:

45578

Name:

Eric Alfred Langridge

Rank:

Aircraftman 1st Class

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:

23 July 1945

Day of Death:

Monday

Age at Death:

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 9, Grave 23.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand