PILOT OFFICER KILLED
CHRISTCHURCH MAN IN AIR ACCIDENT (United Press Association) CHRISTCHURCH, June 15. Pilot Officer Edgar Albert Ernest Sedgley, formerly of Christchurch and an old boy of Christ’s College, lost his life in an aircraft accident on June 13. Pilot Officer Sedgley, who was 22 years of age, while at school, was an outstanding swimmer and was school champion in 1935. He left to join the Air Force in Britain in May of last year. WELLINGTON PILOT MISSING (United Press Association) WELLINGTON, June'ls. Advice that his son, Pilot Officer Gordon Cranleigh Saunders, of the Royal Air Force, is missing has been received by Mr F. G. Saunders, of Wellington. Pilot Officer Saunders, who is aged 23, went to England 18 months ago to take up a short-service commission in the Royal Air Force.
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Southland Times, Issue 24154, 17 June 1940, Page 4
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