Gordon Keith Claris

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of William Holman Joseph and Edith Annie Claris, of Wellington City; husband of Zona Evelyn Claris, of Matahiwi.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

While engaged on an instrument take off at Woodburne, the Oxford ll, piloted by Mathew Coxon and Instructor James Hewett collided with an Oxford 1, flown by Charles Hildreth and Gordon Claris who were circling the field preparing to land. All four were killed. [For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Vol.1, p.165]

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Casualty

Service Number:

414250

Name:

Gordon Keith Claris

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:

31 December 1941

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 (Karori) Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

12. C/3. (S).

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand