Raymond Eric Land (1913 - 1933)

Born 1913 in Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand

Ancestors

Died 2 Apr 1933 at about age 20 in Te Rapa, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand

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Biography

Raymond was born about 1913. He was the son of Edmund Land and Rosina Alexander.

Tragically he passed away in 1933 at the age of 19 as the result of an aeroplane accident:

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21457, 3 April 1933, Page 8.

03 April 1933 - A fatal flying accident resulting in the death of Raymond Eric LAND, aged 19, occurred when a dual control Blackburn Bluebird biplane crashed near the Te Rapa aerodrome at 11 o'clock on the 03 April 1933. Mr Land was a flying pupil of Captain R R Money, a Hamilton aviator. The machine was owned by Mr S J Blackmore, of Hamilton. Mr. Land had received instructions from Captain Money for some months and had done a fair amount of solo flying. The injured man was taken to the Waikato Hospital and underwent an operation, but he died at 5 p.m. Mr LAND was the son of Mr E G Land, of Hinemoa Street, Hamilton, and was employed as a machine room assistant at the office of the Waikato Times. He was a pupil of the Hamilton Technical High School for four years, being a prefect and member of the school's first Rugby fifteen. Upon leaving school, where he was a successful engineering student, he became interested in aviation. He had completed 2 1/2 hours of the five hours' solo flying required for qualification for an A flying licence. He intended to apply for a position in the Royal Air Force.

Burial

4 April 1933 - Hamilton East Cemetery, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand. BB-Q-003^[1]

Inscription:

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

RAY

BELOVED SON OF

R & E G LAND

ACCIDENTALLY KILLED 2nd APRIL 1933

AGED 19 YEARS

ALSO

ALF

KILLED IN FRANCE 26TH MARCH 1918

AGED 23 YEARS

SO DEARLY LOVED, SO SADLY MISSED

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130679273/raymond-eric-land), memorial page for Raymond Eric Land (1914–2 Apr 1933), Find a Grave Memorial no. 130679273, citing Hamilton East Cemetery, Hamilton, Hamilton City, Waikato, New Zealand ; Maintained by Carl Armstrong (contributor 47730472) .

• New Zealand BDM Birth Records Online: 1913/22526 Land Raymond Eric https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Search

• New Zealand BDM Death Records Online: 1933/14066 Land Raymond Eric 19Y https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Search

• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sooty/miscairdeaths.html

• http://www.hamilton.govt.nz/our-services/do-it-online/cemetery-search/Pages/default.aspx?surname=land&forename=raymond