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Robert Arthur Cranwell

MiD (WW2)

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Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Arthur Henry and Annie Cranwell, of Mount Albert, Auckland.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

While attacking oil tanks at Khjen (Norway), his Hellcat was hit by anti-aircraft fire and severely damaged. He flew back to the carrier task force and baled out. The destroyer HMS Wager reported him drowned and that they tried unsuccessfully to recover him.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn Vol 2 p 223]

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Casualty

Name:
Robert Arthur Cranwell
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mrs Annie Cranwell (mother), 44 Selwyn Road, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve, HMS Emperor

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
08 May 1944
Day of Death:
Monday
Age at Death: 
34
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNZNVR)

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

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport, Auckland
Cemetery Reference: 
Panel 8.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
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