John Rowley Miller Stewart

Flying Officer

Conflict:

WW2

References:

Martyn (2008)
Archives New Zealand

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

"A Royal Air Force instructor attached to the Royal New Zealand Air Force station at Ohakea was drowned on Saturday afternoon while swimming at Tangimoana Beach, on the coast near Palmerston North.

The victim was Flying-Officer John Rowley Miller Stewart, 24, son of Mr J. R. M. Stewart, of Eltham. Flying-Officer Stewart was swimming with two other officers about 150 yards from the shore. When they saw that he was in difficulties they went to his assistance, but the undertow was so strong that they were forced to let him go and reached the shore with difficulty."

Northern Advocate, 30 December 1940, Page 3

John had joined the RAF in 1937, and was on loan to the RNZAF as an instructor.

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Casualty

Service Number:

40573

Name:

John Rowley Miller Stewart

Rank:

Flying Officer

Date of Birth:

Not known

Next of Kin:

Mrs Margaret Alison Johnston (wife), care of Golf Club, Auckland, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Occupation on Enlistment:

Cook

Unit:

Royal Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Died of disease

Date of Death:

28 December 1940

Day of Death:

Saturday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

New Zealand Expeditionary Force

Embarkation Place:

Wellington, New Zealand

Embarkment Date:

14 March 1917

Transport:

HMNZT 79

Vessel:

Ruapehu

Destination:

Devonport, England

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Eltham Cemetery, New Zealand

Cemetery Reference:

Plot 1, Block 9, Sub. V.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand