Irving Fairfax Carlsen

Flight Sergeant

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of John Reading Carlsen and Eva Ellen Carlsen, of Auckland City; husband of Mary Emma Carlsen (nee Sheil), of Ponsonby, Auckland City.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Discovered dead, along with his wife in their Herne Bay house. Mrs Carlsen had been shot by her husband, who then shot himself, in a state of extreme stress. Carlsen was on disembarkation leave from a tour in the Pacific with 4-5 Sqn. Full details of the inquest can be found at : https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19441207.2.93?items_per_p...

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Casualty

Service Number:

425373

Name:

Irving Fairfax Carlsen

Rank:

Flight Sergeant

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Suicide

Date of Death:

02 November 1944

Day of Death:

Thursday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

Royal New Zealand Air Force

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Waikaraka Park Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

Area 5, Block D, Grave 424.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand