Thomas Arthur Hughes Alexander

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Dr. William Arthur Alexander and Mrs. Alexander, of Maunganui, Auckland.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Rex Brooke-Taylor was the instructor on a cross country flight with pupil Thomas Alexander. At 0745 the plane was seen at 100ft, losing height and turning steeply to the left. It crashed into power lines and a two-storey house, near Ashurst, at the entrance to the Manawatu Gorge. None of the occupants of the house were injured. [For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Vol.1, p.104] Rex Brooke-Taylor is buried in Wellington.

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Casualty

Service Number:

402154

Name:

Thomas Arthur Hughes Alexander

Date of Birth:

Not known

Place of Birth:

New Zealand

Next of Kin:

Dr William Arthur Alexander (father), Maunganui, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Air Accident

Date of Death:

30 December 1940

Day of Death:

Monday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Auckland (Waikumete) Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

Ang. Block H, Row 10, Grave 27.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand