Peter Albert Morey

Sergeant

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Albert and Elizabeth Francis Morey, of Gisborne.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

On a drogue towing mission, from Bell Block, took off at 1530, and failed to return. Morey’s remains were recovered from the sea 10 days later. The drogue operator, Thomas Davies, remains are lost and he is commemorated on the Wellington Provincial Memorial at Karori. It is believed that they crashed or ditched between Waitara and New Plymouth [For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Vol.1 p.277]

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Casualty

Service Number:

412721

Name:

Peter Albert Morey

Rank:

Sergeant

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:

07 December 1942

Day of Death:

Monday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Wellington (Karori) Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

7. E/3. (S).

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand