William Raymond Brant

Pilot Officer

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of William Robert and Marion Mason Brant; husband of Gladys Jean Brant, of Eketahuna, Wairarapa.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

On a night cross-country exercise, an Airspeed Oxford took of from RNZAF Wigram and in deteriorating weather, flew into rising terrain between Halkett and West Melton. The Staff pilot was William Brant and the pilots under training were Neville Bailey and Eric Munro

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Volume 2, Page 145]

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Casualty

Service Number:

413019

Name:

William Raymond Brant

Rank:

Pilot Officer

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:

30 September 1943

Day of Death:

Thursday

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Marton (Mount View) Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

E. 10. (Old Anglican Cem. Adjacent to Public Cem.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand