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Warren Selwyn Sharpe

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Herbert Sharpe, and of Muriel Sharpe (nee Sanderson), of Mount Maunganui.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

During air to air practice attacks, the wing of Charles Gray's Harvard struck the target aircraft, another Harvard, flown by Warren Sharpe. Both aircraft crashed to the ground, landing on the farm of a Mr Dalrymple at Parewainui.

[ For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Vol 2 page 354]

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Casualty

Service Number: 
4310378
Name:
Warren Selwyn Sharpe
Rank: 
Sergeant
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Occupation on Enlistment:
Clerical Worker
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Air Accident
Date of Death:
04 August 1945
Day of Death:
Saturday
Age at Death: 
20
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Otahuhu Public Cemetery
Cemetery Reference: 
B. 16.7.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
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