PILOT OF R.N.Z.A.F. AIRCRAFT
FUNERAL HELD AT WANGANUI (P.A.) WANGANUI, December 14. The funeral of Flight Lieutenant C. R. Bush, the pilot of the Royal New Zealand Air Force Airspeed Oxford aeroplane which was lost in the Ruahine Ranges recently, was held at the Wanganui Crematorium this afternoon. A station memorial service was conducted at Ohakea yesterday by the Rev. W. J. Milligan, the station chaplain. At the entrance to the crematorium. Air Force personnel formed a guard of honour, and fellow officers acted as pall-bearers. The service was conducted by Mr Milligan. At the end of the service, a vollev was fired by a party of airmen, “Last Post” and “Reveille” were sounded by Air Force buglers, and a tattoo was tapped on draped drums.
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Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25678, 15 December 1948, Page 6
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