Laurence John Braithewaite Waters

Pilot Officer

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Laurence David and Amy Waters, of Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

On Operation Jubilee, to lay smoke for the Dieppe raid, the Boston bomber of 236 Squadron, on which Laurence Waters was the Wireless Operator/Air Gunner was hit by flak over the target area. Laurence was killed and another crew man injured. The disabled aircraft was able to return for a crash landing at Gatwick, near where he is buried, in Horley, Surrey.

Laurence's younger brother, Cyril, was killed in an aircraft accident on March 23rd 1952, flying a Mosquito of 75 Sqdn (Ohakea), while returning from Air Force Day at Woodbourne.

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Casualty

Service Number:

411111

Name:

Laurence John Braithewaite Waters

Rank:

Pilot Officer

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Air Force, 226 (RAF) Squadron

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Killed on Air Operations

Date of Death:

19 August 1942

Day of Death:

Wednesday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Horley (St. Bartholomew) New Churchyard

Cemetery Reference:

Block A. Row N. Grave 2.

Cemetery Location:

United Kingdom