Keith Israel Blackburn

Aircraftman 1st Class

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Israel and Alice Blackburn, of Kaitangata, Otago.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

“Exactly a week after a similar fatality on the same stretch of road, Wireless Operator Keith Israel Blackburn, a member of the R.N.Z.A.F., single, of Kaitangata, received fatal injuries on Christmas Eve on the Kaitaia-Awanui road. He died in the Kaitaia Hospital on Christmas Day. Mr. D. W. Hoey, baker and confectioner, Awanui, was driving a car from Kaitaia. Rain was falling, and Blackburn, who was walking on the same side of the road and in the same direction, was struck by the left headlamp of the car.”

[Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 154, 28 December 1942, Page 3]

Public Contributions:

There are no public contributions written for this casualty

Add a Story or Photo

Casualty

Service Number:

416873

Name:

Keith Israel Blackburn

Rank:

Aircraftman 1st Class

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Motor Vehicle Accident

Date of Death:

25 December 1942

Day of Death:

Friday

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:

12. E/3. (S).

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand