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Evan Roy Archer

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Roy Stenning Tremaine Archer and Cicely Mary Archer, of Te Kuiti.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

"During formation flying this morning halfway between Shannon and Levin, two Air Force planes collided, causing a forced landing of both machines.

Leading Aircraftman Evan Roy Archer was killed. Leading-Aircraftsman Thomas Gordon Griffiths was not injured. The next-of-kin of Leading Aircraftman Archer is Mr. R. Archer, Bank of New Zealand, Te Kuiti."

EVENING POST, VOLUME CXXXI, ISSUE 53, 4 MARCH 1941, PAGE 9

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Casualty

Service Number: 
403114
Name:
Evan Roy Archer
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mr R. Archer, Te Kuiti, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Air Accident
Date of Death:
04 March 1941
Day of Death:
Tuesday
Age at Death: 
23
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Palmerston North (Kelvin Grove) Cemetery
Cemetery Reference: 
22. F. 1.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
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