Robert Nesbitt McBride

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Robert John Smith and May Wood McBride, of Lane Cove, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

While engaged in dogfight practice with a Swordfish, over the River Clyde near Greenock,

spun into the sea astern of HMS Argus. He may have been towing a target at the time.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn Vol 2 p 161]

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Casualty

Name:

Robert Nesbitt McBride

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve, HMS Landrail

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Air Accident

Date of Death:

17 November 1943

Day of Death:

Wednesday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport, Auckland

Cemetery Reference:

Panel 9.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand