Richard Maclaurin Goodfellow

Lieutenant

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Sir William and Lady Goodfellow (nee Chamberlin), of Epsom, Auckland.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Flying his Barracuda ll from the HMS Implacable in the Norwegian Sea, failed to return from the morning’s patrol. Lost without trace. [For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn Vol 2 p 286]

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Casualty

Name:

Richard Maclaurin Goodfellow

Rank:

Lieutenant

Date of Birth:

Not known

Next of Kin:

Sir William Goodfellow (father), Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve, HMS Implacable

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Lost at sea

Date of Death:

19 October 1944

Day of Death:

Thursday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve

Embarkment Date:

01 January 1970

Vessel:

Rimutaka

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport, Auckland

Cemetery Reference:

Panel 8.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand