NEW ZEALAND
WORLD WAR ONE
AIR WAR DEATHS
The following are New Zealand air deaths during World War One
| ABBOTT | Victor Stephen Henry | New Zealand | 2nd Lieutenant | Royal Flying Corps | Selina and Nicholas | ABBOTT | Parents | 15 Sep 1916 | Upavon Cemetery, Wiltshire, England | |
| ADAMS | Francis Luke | Christchurch, NZ | Air Mechanic | Australian Flying Corps | Ellen Fanny and Francis Luke | ADAMS | Parents | Christchurch, New Zealand | 01 Aug 1916+ | Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq |
| AIMER | George Edmond Vernon | Hokianga, NZ | Lieutenant | Royal Flying Corps | Annie Elizabeth and Edmond Baxter | AIMER | Parents | Auckland, New Zealand | 20 Jun 1916 | Ruislip (St. Martin) Churchyard Extension, Middlesex, England |
| ALDERTON | Trevor Dudley Hall | New Zealand | 2nd Lieutenant | Royal Air Force | Ida and George Edwin | ALDERTON | Parents | Auckland, New Zealand | 16 Jun 1918 | Narborough (All Saints) Churchyard, Norfolk, England |
| ALLAN | John Alexander McDonald | New Zealand | Captain | Royal Air Force | Margaret Macdonald and Alexander | ALLAN | Parents | Waikari, North Canterbury, New Zealand | 20 May 1918 | Redcar Cemetery, Yorkshire, England |
| ANKETELL | Charles Edward (M.M) | Kensington, London, England | 2nd Lieutenant | East Surrey Regiment/Royal Air Force | Maxwell and Julia Elizabeth | ANKETELL | Parents | 11 May 1918 | Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Pas des Calais, France | |
| ARDEN | John Henry Morris (D.S.O) | Sudbury, England | Lt-Colonel | Northumberland Fusiliers/Royal Air Force | Rev A Henry | ARDEN | Father | 22 Jul 1918 | Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt | |
| BARLOW | Robin Tudor | Simla, India | Captain | Royal Air Force (ex 1NZEF 6/864) | Robert and Gertrude May | BARLOW | Parents | 30 Jul 1918 | Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers-La Boisselle, Somme, France | |
| BARNES | David John | Australia | 2nd Lieutenant | Royal Flying Corps | Henry Robert and Emily Jane | BARNES | Parents | Hinuera, Upper Waikato, New Zealand | 24 Apr 1917 | Dover (St James's) Cemetery, Dover, England |
| BRAIN | Norman Leslie | New Zealand | 1st Class Air Mechanic | Royal Flying Corps | Adelaide and Thomas Henwood | BRAIN | Parents | 22 Oct 1916 | Villers Station Cemetery, Pas des Calais, France | |
| BRETT | Leslie Henry | New Zealand | Flight-Sub-Lieutenant | Royal Naval Air Service | Eva and Arthur | BRETT | Parents | Auckland, New Zealand [King's College Roll of Honour] | 22 Jul 1917 | East Mudros Military Cemetery, Greece |
| BROWN | Rainsford Balcombe (aka Rainsford BALCOMBE-BROWN) | Wellington, NZ | Major | Royal Flying Corps | Eliza Mary and Edward | BALCOMBE-BROWN | Parents | Upper Hutt, Wellington, NZ [Wanganui Collegiate] | 02 May 1918+ | Carnoy Military Cemetery, Somme, France |
| BUCHANAN | William Archibald | New Zealand | Lieutenant | Royal Flying Corps | Edith Mary and Archibald | BUCHANAN | Parents | Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand [King's College Roll of Honour] | 07 Jun 1916 | Tidworth Military Cemetery, Wiltshire, England |
| BULLOCK-WEBSTER | Frank Hamilton | Hamilton, NZ | Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force/Royal Flying Corps | Maud and Harry Wyndham | BULLOCK-WEBSTER | Parents | Auckland, New Zealand [King's College Roll of Honour] | 20 Sep 1917 | Menin Road South Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium | |
| BURN | William Wallace Allison | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | Lieutenant | Royal Flying Corps | Isabel Matilda | BURN | Mother | Christchurch, New Zealand | 23 Aug 1915 | Basra Memorial, Iraq |
| BURNS | Thomas Roland Roth | New Zealand | Flight Lieutenant | Royal Flying Corps (ex 1NZEF 12/98) | Mary [later CARR]and Thomas Roland | BURNS | Parents | Auckland, New Zealand | 16 Dec 1918 | Hornchurch (St Andrew) Churchyard, Essex, England |
| BURTON | Ernest Wilfred | Auckland, NZ | Lieutenant | Australian Flying Corps | Ellen and Ernest William | BURTON | Parents | Auckland, New Zealand | 04 Apr 1918 | Montrose (Sleepyhillock) Cemetery, Angus, Scotland |
| BUTTERWORTH | Harold Winstone | New Zealand | 2nd Lieutenant | Royal Flying Corps | Eliza Anne and Benjamin Milliman | BUTTERWORTH | Parents | Auckland, New Zealand | 15 Jul 1916 | Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, Pas des Calais, France |
| CASTLE | Errington Edward | New Zealand | Lieutenant | Royal Flying Corps | Ellen and Henry Samuel | CASTLE | Parents | Reefton, West Coast, New Zealand | 12 Aug 1917 | Catterick Cemetery, Yorkshire, England |
| CATO | Geoffrey Maidens Walter [aka Geoffrey Walter CATO and Reginald Maidens CATO] | New Zealand | Lieutenant | Royal Flying Corps | James Isaac and Eveline | CATO | Parents | Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand | 06 Nov 1917 | Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| CLARKE | Nathaniel Fuhrmann | New Zealand | 2nd Lieutenant | Royal Flying Corps | Edith Emily and Edward Fuhrmann | CLARKE | Parents | H/o Anita B CLARKE | 01 June 1917 | Sutton Coldfield Cemetery, Warwickshire, England |
| COCK | John Herbert | New Zealand | 2nd Lieutenant | Royal Flying Corps (ex 1NZEF 25/952) | Elizabeth Mary and Joseph Henry | COCK | Parents | Nelson, New Zealand | 14 Apr 1917 | Beaulencourt British Cemetery, Ps des Calais, France |
| COLLETT | Clive Franklyn | New Zealand | Captain | Royal Flying Corps | Alice Marguerite and Horace Edwin | COLLETT | Parents | Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand | 23 Dec 1917 | Edinburgh (Comely Bank) Cemetery, Edinburgh, Scotland |
| COOPER | Herbert Ambrose | New Zealand | Captain | Royal Flying Corps | Bessie and Theophilus | COOPER | Parents | [King's College Roll of Honour] | 21 Jun 1916 | Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France |
| CRAIG | Alexander Campbell | New Zealand | 2nd Lieutenant | Royal Air Force | Jessie and James Joseph | CRAIG | Parents | Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand | 09 Feb 1919 | Kilmallie Old Churchyard, Invernesshire, Scotland |
| CROUCHER | Richard | New Zealand | Lieutenant | Royal Air Force (ex 1NZEF 4/1966) | Theresa and Richard | CROUCHER | Parents | Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand | 23 Jul 1919 | Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt |
| CULLING | Thomas Grey | New Zealand | Flight Lieutenant | Royal Naval Air Service | Fanny Eliza and Thomas Shepherd | CULLING | Parents | Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand [King's College Roll of Honour] | 08 Jun 1917 | Arras Flying Services Memorial, Pas des Calais, France |
| DAWSON | Harold William [Harold William Everard] | New Zealand | 2nd Lieutenant | Royal Flying Corps (ex 1NZEF 4/1914) | Grace Marion and William Taylor | DAWSON | Parents | St Albans, Christchurch, New Zealand | 04 Oct 1917 | Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France |
| DENNISTOUN | James Robert | Hastings, NZ | Lieutenant | North Irish Horse/Royal Flying Corp | George James and Emily | DENNISTOUN | Parents | Peel Forest, Timaru, New Zealand [Wanganui Collegiate] | 09 Aug 1916 | Niederzwehren Cemetery, Hessen, Germany |
| EAGER | Neale Fitzgerald [aka Neale FITZGERALD-EAGER] | Australia | 2nd Lieutenant | Royal Flying Corps | Isabel and Edward | FITZGERALD-EAGER | Parents | Kilbirnie, Wellington, New Zealand | 14 Jun 1920 | Suez War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt |
| FITZGERALD | Roy James | New Zealand | Lieutenant | Gloucestershire Regiment/Royal Air Force | Elizabeth and William Crothers | FITZGERALD | Parents | Wellington, New Zealand | 01 Jul 1918 | Vignacourt British Cemetery, Somme, France |
| FITZHERBERT | Wyndham Waterhouse | New Zealand | Captain | Royal Sussex Regiment/Royal Flying Corps | William Alfred and Fanny | FITZHERBERT | Parents | [Wanganui Collegiate] | 07 Jul 1917 | Arras Flying Services Memorial, Pas des Calais, France |
| FOUBISTER | John Leask | New Zealand | 2nd Lieutenant | Royal Flying Corps | Sarah and James | FOUBISTER | Parents | [King's College Roll of Honour] | 08 Oct 1917 | Bandon Hill Cemetery, Surrey, England |
| GILPIN | Robert Rooke [Robert Rooke Harrison] | Evesham, Worcestershire, England | 2nd Lieutenant | Royal Air Force | Dr and Mrs Robert | GILPIN | Parents | New Zealand [King's College Roll of Honour] | 22 Dec 1918 | Louvres Communal Cemetery, Val d'Oise, France |
| GORDON | Albert William | Auckland, NZ | 2nd Lieutenant | Royal Flying Corps | F and M | GORDON | Parents | Thames, New Zealand | 12 Aug 1917 | Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France |
| GREENWELL | Arthur Robert | Minmi, New South Wales, Australia | Flight-Sub-Lieutenant | Royal Naval Air Service | Eleanor and Robert | GREENWELL | Parents | Huntly, Waikato, New Zealand | 20 Oct 1916 | Cranwell (St. Andrew) Churchyard, Lincolnshire, England |
| HALCOMBE | Norman Marshall | Urenui, Taranaki, NZ | Major | Royal Engineers/Royal Flying Corps | Edith Stanway and Arthur Follett | HALCOMBE | Parents | H/o Blanche Stuart HALCOMBE | 13 Feb 1919 | Port Said War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt |
| HOMER | Charles William | New Zealand | 2nd Lieutenant | Royal Flying Corps (ex 1NZEF 3/1166) | Mary and Charles | HOMER | Parents | 27 Oct 1917 | Euston (St. Genevieve) Churchyard, London, England | |
| HYSLOP | Ninian Steele | New Zealand | 2nd Lieutenant | Royal Air Force (ex 1NZEF 11/284) | Jessie and Ninian | HYSLOP | Parents | Hastings, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand | 30 Oct 1917 | Basra Memorial, Iraq |
| JOHNSTONE | Godfrey Gleeson | New Zealand | 2nd Lieutenant | Royal Flying Corps | Anastatia and Robert | JOHNSTONE | Parents | Waipukurau, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand | 30 Jan 1918 | Merville Communal Cemetery, Nord, France |
| JOHNSTONE | Melville | New Zealand | 2nd Lieutenant | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve/Royal Flying Corps | Anastatia and Robert | JOHNSTONE | Parents | Waipukurau, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand | 16 Jul 1917 | Longuenesse (St Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, Pas des Calais, France |
| KITTO | Francis | Wellington, NZ | Private | Australian Flying Corps | Amelia and Francis | KITTO | Parents | Wellington, New Zealand | 25 Nov 1918 | Tidworth Military Cemetery, Wiltshire, England |
| LAIDLAW | John Ritchie Caldwell | New Zealand | Flight-Sub-Lieutenant | Royal Flying Corps | Jessie Marion and Robert | LAIDLAW | Parents | Auckland, New Zealand [King's College Roll of Honour] | 17 May 1916 | Hendon Cemetery, Middlesex, England |
| LIVINGSTONE | F J H [aka Frederick James LIVINGSTONE] | Christchurch, NZ | 2nd Lieutenant | Royal Army Medical Corps/Royal Flying Corps | Emma and Matthew | LIVINGSTONE | Parents | Wellington, New Zealand | 12 Jan 1918 | Gainsborough General Cemetery, Lincolnshire, England |
| MACDONALD | Allan William | New Zealand | 2nd Lieutenant | Royal Air Force | Agnes Margaret and Donald | MACDONALD | Parents | 11 Nov 1918 | Stamford Cemetery, Lincolnshire, England | |
| MACDONALD | Guyon Kenneth | Christchurch, NZ | 2nd Lieutenant | Royal Flying Corps (ex 1NZEF 7/867) | Gertrude and Ronald Mackintosh | MACDONALD | Parents | 21 Nov 1919 | New Zealand - St Peter's Church Yard, Upper Riccarton, Canterbury [Not CWGC - accidentally] | |
| MASTERS | George | Hastings, NZ | 2nd Lieutenant | Royal Flying Corps (ex 1NZEF 4/112A) | Alice Lydia and Alfred | MASTERS | Parents | Hastings, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand | 03 Apr 1917 | Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France |
| MILLWARD | Kenneth Henry | New Zealand | Flight-Sub-Lieutenant | Royal Naval Air Service | Alice Maud and Charles Frances | MILLWARD | Parents | Wanganui, New Zealand | 07 Jul 1917 | Pont-Du-Hem Military Cemetery, La Gorgue, Nord, France |
| MITCHELL | William George | Wanganui, NZ | 2nd Lieutenant | Royal Flying Corps | Elizabeth and George | MITCHELL | Parents | Wanganui, New Zealand | 23 Mar 1918 | Bandon Hill Cemetery, Surrey, England |
| NEILL | Lyonel Clare Fyans | New Zealand | Air Mechanic | Royal Flying Corps | Beatrice Victoria Robinson and Foster Fyans | NEILL | Parents | 30 Oct 1917 | Brookwood (United Kingdom 1914-18) Memorial, England | |
| NIELSEN | Peter [aka Peter NEILSON/NEILSEN] | Mauriceville, NZ | Flight Lieutenant | Royal Flying Corps (ex 1NZEF 11/467) | 18 Jun 1918 | Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, Somme, France | ||||
| NUTTALL | Frank (M.C, D.F.C) | New Zealand | Captain | Royal Air Force | Henrietta Charlotte and William Thomas | NUTTALL | Parents | Christchurch, New Zealand | 18 Sep 1920 | Tehran War Cemetery, Iran |
| PAUL | Carrick Stewart | New Zealand | Australian Flying Corps | Eva Kathleen and Carrick | PAUL | Parents | 22 Jan 1919 | Chatby Memorial, Egypt | ||
| PEMBER-REEVES | Fabian [aka Fabian Pember REEVES] | New Zealand | Flight Lieutenant | Royal Naval Air Service | Magdalen Stuart and William Pember | REEVES | Parents | 06 Jun 1917 | Arras Flying Services Memorial, Pas des Calais, France | |
| PILKINGTON | Stanley Howard | Auckland, NZ | Lieutenant | Australian Flying Corps | Jane Levie and Edmund | PILKINGTON | Parents | 24 Oct 1917 | Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, England | |
| POWELL | George Aubyn | Dunedin, NZ | 2nd Lieutenant | Royal Flying Corps | Georgina Bridella and Harry | POWELL | Parents | 07 Dec 1916 | Bishop's Hatfield (St. Luke) Churchyard, Hertfordshire, England | |
| REID | John Laurie | New Zealand | Lieutenant | Northumberland Fusiliers/Royal Flying Corps | Rosina and John William | REID | Parents | Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand | 16 Jul 1916 | Couin British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France |
| RICHARDS | Henry Stokes | New Zealand | 2nd Lieutenant | Royal Air Force | Isabella Emma and Sydney Henry | RICHARDS | Parents | Christchurch, New Zealand | 01 Aug 1918 | Shorncliffe Military Cemetery, Kent, United Kingdom |
| RUSSELL | Francis Gerald | Hastings, NZ | 2nd Lieutenant | Royal Flying Corps | Rachel and Herbert H | RUSSELL | Parents | New Zealand | 28 Jan 1917 | A I F Burial Ground, Flers, Somme, France |
| SHARLAND | Frederick James [Frederic James] | Auckland, NZ | 2nd Lieutenant | Royal Flying Corps | Frederic Cudd and Alice Maud | SHARLAND | Parents | 24 Oct 1917 | Arras Flying Services Memorial, Pas des Calais, France | |
| SIMSON | Herbert Cyrus [Herbert Waipu] | New Zealand | Lieutenant | Royal Flying Corps | Hector Norman and Mary | SIMSON | Parents | Clive, New Zealand | 12 Jan 1918 | Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton, England |
| SLOSS | James Duncan | New Zealand | 2nd Lieutenant | Royal Air Force | Eleanor and Robert | SLOSS | Parents | Cheviot, Canterbury, New Zealand | 23 Nov 1918 | Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, Pas des Calais, France |
| SOLOMON | Hubert Philip [Philip Hubert] | New Zealand | 2nd Lieutenant | Royal Flying Corps (ex 1NZEF 11584) | Rebecca and Benjamin Henry | SOLOMON | Parents | Melbourne, VIC, Australia | 20 Oct 1917 | Gainsborough General Cemetery, Lincolnshire, England |
| SPRAGG | Wesley Neal | New Zealand | Lieutenant | Royal Flying Corps | Wesley and Annie Dearnley | SPRAGG | Parents | Mt Albert, Auckland, New Zealand [King's College Roll of Honour] | 01 Jan 1918 | Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt |
| STEELE | Thomas Lancaster | New Zealand | 2nd Lieutenant | Royal Air Force (ex 1NZEF 7/1138) | Harriet Maria and Adam William | STEELE | Parents | Christchurch, New Zealand | 10 Apr 1918 | Jerusalem Memorial, Jerusalem, Israel |
| TALBOT | William Caithness | Scotland | Lieutenant | Royal Air Force (ex 1NZEF 10/715) | Mary and Alan | TALBOT | Parents | 20 Jul 1918 | Upavon Cemetery, Wiltshire, England | |
| VAVASOUR | Rudolph Dunstan [aka Rollo Dunstan] | New Zealand | 2nd Lieutenant | Royal Flying Corps | Bertha Eleanor Mary and Henry Dunstan | VAVASOUR | Parents | Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand | 16 Jan 1917 | Fulham (St Thomas of Canterbury) Roman Catholic Churchyard, London, England |
| VEALE | Allan Adolphus | Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia | 2nd Lieutenant | Royal Flying Corps (ex 1NZEF 6/2475) | William | VEALE | Father | Cambridge, Waikato, New Zealand | 22 Jan 1918 | Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France |
| WHITE | Melville Arthur [Arthur Melville] | Picton, NZ | 2nd Lieutenant | Royal Flying Corps (ex 1NZEF 15/96) | Caroline Louisa and George William | WHITE | Parents | Christchurch, New Zealand | 23 Apr 1917 | Jeancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Aisne, France |
| WILLIAMS | Erl Temple | Masterton, NZ | Lieutenant | Royal Flying Corps | Anne Palmer and Thomas Coldham | WILLIAMS | Parents | [Wanganui Collegiate] | 14 Jul 1918 | Marylebone, London, England [Not CWGC] |
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