Pilot Officer

Eric Peter Shorthouse

DFC, MiD (WW2)

Awards

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of John Stephen Shorthouse and of Marguerite Shorthouse (nee Gargrave), of Waimauku, Auckland, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
4212607
Name:
Eric Peter Shorthouse
Rank: 
Pilot Officer
Date of Birth:
24 May 1921
Place of Birth: 
Portsmouth, England
Next of Kin: 
Mrs M. Shorthouse (mother), Waimauku, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Occupation on Enlistment:
Pilot
Armed Force: 
Air Force
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
12 April 1945
Day of Death:
Thursday
Age at Death: 
23
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Royal New Zealand Air Force
Embarkation Place:
Ardmore or Whenuapai, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
01 January 1944
Vessel:
RNZAF C47 Dakota
Destination:
Pacific Islands

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

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Cemetery Reference: 
Panel 5.
Cemetery Location: 
New Caledonia
Eric Peter Shorthouse
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