Harold Hayward Beard

Pilot Officer

Secondary Memorial:

Rangiwahia War Memorial

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of William James and Isabella Kathleen Beard; husband of Doreen Gertrude Beard, of Kimbolton, Manawatu.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

While engaged in an exercise with other aircraft, the Hudson, flown by William Marshall and Harold Beard took evasive action, spun in a climbing turn and crashed into the sea near the mouth of the Rangitikei river. The navigator was William Plant, wireless op., John Aubrey and Brian McSweeney was the air-gunner. All were killed and their remains lost to the sea.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Vol.2 p.133]

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Casualty

Service Number:

422076

Name:

Harold Hayward Beard

Rank:

Pilot 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:

24 August 1943

Day of Death:

Tuesday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Wellington Provincial Memorial

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand