Person:Arthur Batley (1)

FULL NAME Arthur Raymond Batley RANK LAST HELD Sergeant FORENAME(S)Arthur Raymond SURNAME Batley WAR World War II, 1939-1945 SERIAL NO. NZ402120 GENDER Male NEXT OF KIN Mrs A.R. Batley (wife), 63 Salisbury Avenue, Christchurch, New Zealand MARITAL STATUS Married BODY ON EMBARKATION Royal New Zealand Air Force CAMPAIGNS Middle East LAST UNIT SERVED Royal New Zealand Air Force, 1 General Reconnaissance Unit, RAF PLACE OF DEATH Egypt DATE OF DEATH 31 January 1942 AGE AT DEATH 27 YEAR OF DEATH 1942 CAUSE OF DEATH Killed in an aircraft accident MEMORIAL NAME Alamein Memorial, El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt MEMORIAL REFERENCE Column 266. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES Arthur Batley was the son of Arthur Olding Paerau Batley and Rosalie Emily Victoria Batley, of Taihape, Wellington, New Zealand; husband of Margaret Batley. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Next of kin details compiled from information in the Casualty lists published in the newspapers. FURTHER REFERENCES Air casualties. Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 34, 10 February 1942, Page 7 SOURCES USED Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org Evening Post (Wellington) Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.