Ivan Frederick Cummins

Flight Sergeant

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Frederick William Cummins, and of Lucy Adelaide Cummins (nee Hall), of Manurewa, Auckland.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

"When an aircraft of the Royal New Zealand Air Force was reported overdue on a flight from the South Island yesterday morning a search was immediately made and wreckage located on Kapiti Island. A launch with medical officers aboard was immediately dispatched, but on arrival it was found that the two occupants had lost their lives when the aircraft crashed. The personnel concerned were:— Pilot Officer Harold Nevill Longley. (Father. Mr A. H. Longley, People’s Palace, Wellington), formerly of Invercargill. Flight Sergeant Ivan Frederick Cummins (Father, Mr F. W. Cummins, Brown’s road, Manurewa Auckland). "

NELSON EVENING MAIL, VOLUME 78, 8 NOVEMBER 1943, PAGE 5

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Casualty

Service Number:

41884

Name:

Ivan Frederick Cummins

Rank:

Flight Sergeant

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Killed in an aircraft accident

Date of Death:

05 November 1943

Day of Death:

Friday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Papakura Public Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

14. C.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand