THOMAS EVERTON KIRK

Thursday 14 November 1940. New Zealand
Solo flight cross-country, Ohakea - Levin - Palmerson North - Ohakea
3 Service Flying Training School (ATS?), RNZAF, (Ohakea). Oxford I NZ1277 - failed to return by 2130, the estimated time of arrival. NZ1277 became lost in low cloud between Levin and Palmerston North, striking trees and crashing into dense bush whilst flying up a blind gully in the hills behind Tokomaru at 2330.

Pilot NZ40649 Plt Off Thomas Everton KIRK, RNZAF - Age 26. 179 hours solo (31 on Oxford)
Martyn, Errol W. For Your Tomorrow. A record of New Zealanders who have died since serving with the RNZAF and Allied Air Services since 1915 - Volume One: Fates 1915 - 1942. Volpane Press, Christchurch. 1998
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GEOFREY CREIGHTON KIRK

Name: KIRK, GEOFREY CREIGHTON
Nationality: New Zealand
Rank: Major
Regiment/Service: New Zealand Machine Gun Battalion
Unit Text: 27th
Age: 26
Date of Death: 04/05/1943
Service No: 20056
Additional information: Son of Valentine and Mildred May Kirk, of Auckland City, New Zealand.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave Reference: I. D. 28.
Cemetery: ENFIDAVILLE WAR CEMETERY