Jack Trevor Villers

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of William John Sydney and Alice (née O'Connor) Villers, of Stratford, Taranaki.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

A Harvard II (NZ961) piloted by Leading Aircraftsman Donald McKenzie with LAC Jack Villiers took off on a training flight from Woodburne to Lake Grassmere at 7am on 21 January 1942. About an hour later a witness at Cape Campbell heard an engine roar and an explosion in the direction of the sea. Both occupants were killed when the plane, presumably, crashed in Cook Strait. Neither body was recovered.

[ For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Volume 1, Page 175]

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Casualty

Service Number:

412412

Name:

Jack Trevor Villers

Date of Birth:

17 August 1916

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Occupation on Enlistment:

Hardware Salesman

Employer:

C A Wilkson Limited, Eltham, Taranaki

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Killed in aircraft accident

Date of Death:

21 January 1942

Day of Death:

Wednesday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Wellington Provincial Memorial

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand