Alan Leslie Marshall

Pilot Officer

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Walter Leslie Marshall, and of Edna Sophie Marshall (nee Mackie), of Mount Eden, Auckland City.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Four members of the Royal New Zealand Air Force were killed early this afternoon when an aircraft returning from a training flight to Wigram station crashed into a hillside at Motukarara. a little south of Christchurch. It is believed that the pilot, who was flying in heavy rain and low cloud, lost his bearings. The crew and their next of kin are as follow:—-Pilot-Officer Allan Leslie Marshall (Mrs E. S. Marshall, mother, Birkenhead, Aucland). L.A.C. William lan Lindsay (Mrs J. Lindsay, mother, Petone). L.A.C. Ronald Stephen Brooker (Mr S. C. Brooker. father. Rotorual. L.A.C. Brian Patrick Fitzgerald (Mrs N. E. Fitzgerald, mother, Riccarton, Christchurch).

MANAWATU STANDARD, VOLUME LXII, ISSUE 16, 17 DECEMBER 1941, PAGE 6

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Casualty

Service Number:

412249

Name:

Alan Leslie Marshall

Rank:

Pilot Officer

Date of Birth:

01 January 1920

Place of Birth:

Auckland, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Air Accident

Date of Death:

16 December 1941

Day of Death:

Tuesday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Hillsborough Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

Area 4, Block O, Grave 247.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand