Can any of our Southern Hemisphere FReepers help out?
Posted on 05/18/2007 5:00:00 PM PDT by DieHard the Hunter
Organisers of a Scottish memorial to World War Two Royal New Zealand Air Force pilot Carlisle Everiss from Mangere want to get in touch with members of his family.
The memorial will be unveiled on Saturday at the Cowie Bowling Club in Stirlingshire, Scotland.
Carlisle Everiss was pilot officer 41318 with the Royal New Zealand Air Force and was on a familiarisation sortie above Cowie on October 2, 1941.
He refused to bail out of his stricken Spitfire and steered it away from houses. His plane crashed and he was killed.
The crash site was on land owned by a company called Norbord, which has a large wood-processing plant in Cowie near Stirling.
The company has made a donation to the building of the memorial and wants to trace relatives of Mr Everiss so they can be informed.
They would also like to hear about any memories relatives might have of Mr Everiss or anything they might have been told about him.
Mangere is believed to have been his home town.
Cowie resident John Craig visited New Zealand in 1979 and traced Mr Everiss? brother-in-law Charlie Hammond.
Unfortunately, Mr Craig has since died and memorial organisers are not sure if Mr Hammond is still alive.
Send any information to Susanne Grant by email at susanne.grant@beattiegroup.com. Or alternatively contact the Manukau Courier, phone: 262-4700.
Can any of our Southern Hemisphere FReepers help out?
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