Eric Thomson Munro

Pilot Officer

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of John Alexander and Hannah Leys Munro, of Auckland City; husband of Mary Gwendoline Munro, of Christchurch, Canterbury.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

On a night cross-country exercise, an Airspeed Oxford took of from RNZAF Wigram and in deteriorating weather, flew into rising terrain between Halkett and West Melton. The Staff pilot was William Brant and the pilots under training were Neville Bailey and Eric Munro

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Volume 2, Page 145]

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Casualty

Service Number:

426107

Name:

Eric Thomson Munro

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:

30 September 1943

Day of Death:

Thursday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Christchurch (Bromley) Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

23. 1F.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand