Flying Officer [Pilot]

Gordon William Brewer

DFC

Awards

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of William Brewer and of Alice Maud Brewer (nee Sims), of Papatoetoe, Auckland, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Public Contributions:

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
412196
Name:
Gordon William Brewer
Rank: 
Flying Officer
Additional Rank:
Pilot
Date of Birth:
08 May 1915
Place of Birth: 
Hihitahi, Wanganui, New Zealand
Next of Kin: 
Mrs A.M. Brewer (mother), Papatoetoe, Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Occupation on Enlistment:
Clerk
Armed Force: 
Air Force
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force, 487 Squadron

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed on air operations
Date of Death:
12 June 1943
Day of Death:
Saturday
Age at Death: 
28
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Royal New Zealand Air Force

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
Coll. grave. XXVIII. J. 16-19.
Cemetery Location: 
France
Gordon William Brewer
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