Albert Maher

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Michael Maher, and of Susan Hannah Maher (nee Johnston), of Dunedin, Otago.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Took off from RNZAF Wigram at 1010 in an Oxford for a solo cross – country flight. At 150 ft the port engine cut out and he crashed near Haswell. Investigations showed that the port fuel tap had not been turned on.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Volume 1, Page 127]

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Casualty

Service Number: 
405849
Name:
Albert Maher
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:
21 June 1941
Day of Death:
Saturday
Age at Death: 
22
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
78. 115.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
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