Thomas Keith Paul

Warrant Officer [Pilot]

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Thomas Paul and of Margaret Isobelle Paul (nee Savage), of Normandale, Wellington, New Zealand.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Thomas was the Pilot/Instructor on a Wellington that struck a barrage balloon wire during a bombing exercise. The aircraft crashing near Slough. Although the crash was in the south of England, Thomas was buried alongside his grandparents at Durham.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Vol.2 p.181]

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Casualty

Service Number:

41525

Name:

Thomas Keith Paul

Rank:

Warrant Officer

Additional Rank:

Pilot

Date of Birth:

30 September 1917

Next of Kin:

Mr Thomas Paul (father), Normandale, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Air accident

Date of Death:

04 January 1944

Day of Death:

Tuesday

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:

Durham (St. Oswald's) Burial Ground

Cemetery Reference:

Row K. Grave 56.

Cemetery Location:

United Kingdom