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Robert Dent

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of W and Ellen Gunn Dent, of New Plymouth, Taranaki.

References:
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Biographical Notes:

The 3 crew, Charles Gunn, Stanley Bromley and Robert Dent, were flying a Vilderbeest 4, on a 3 hour, anti-submarine escort for the USS Crescent City, en-route from Wellington to Guadalcanal. They took off a 10-05. At 14-30,they did not locate the ship and signalled back to NZ, to be told to return. They acknowledge the signal and were due to land around 15-30. At 16-40 a search was instigated, to no avail.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Vol.2 p.265]

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Casualty

Service Number: 
413741
Name:
Robert Dent
Rank: 
Flying Officer
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Air Accident
Date of Death:
30 October 1942
Day of Death:
Friday
Age at Death: 
29
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Royal New Zealand Air Force

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

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Wellington Provincial Memorial
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
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