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Basil Rawdon Hastings Sharp

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Francis Granville Sharp and Louise Margaret Sharp, of Gisborne.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

On a cross country instrument navigation exercise, the Fairey Gordon piloted by Basil Sharp and Leslie Wright was seen flying low over trees before banking steeply and crashing to the ground on the Northern side of Leithfield Beach Road.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Volume 1, Page 102]

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Casualty

Service Number: 
401785
Name:
Basil Rawdon Hastings Sharp
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:
11 December 1940
Day of Death:
Wednesday
Age at Death: 
22
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Gisborne (Taruheru) Cemetery
Cemetery Reference: 
2. 13. WW 2 Soldiers' Area.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
Basil Rawdon Hastings Sharp
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