condensed discuss document expanded export feedback print share remove reset document_white enquire_white export_white report_white

Cenotaph record

Harold Nevill Longley

-
Lay a poppy
Portrait, Weekly News - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait, Weekly News - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

Contribute ›
  • Title
  • Forenames
    Harold Nevill AWMM
  • Surname
    Longley AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    N.H. Longley AWMM
  • Service number
    • NZ425794 AWMM
    • WWII 425794 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

Contribute ›
  • Birth
    1922 AWMM New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. A. M. Longley of Wellington AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

Contribute ›

Military decorations

Contribute ›

Training and Enlistment

Contribute ›
  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
    Pilot/Military RNZAF Biographies (R17845612)
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

Contribute ›

Prisoner of war

Contribute ›
  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

Contribute ›
  • Medical notes
    Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
    Killed in an aircraft accident AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

Contribute ›
  • Son of Arthur Harold Longley and of Constance Elizabeth Evelyn Longley (nee Helm), of Wellington

    Headstone reads: Killed in aircraft accident on Kapiti Island 5th Nov 1943 aged 21 years

    Initials incorrectly typed as N.H. Longley in the Weekly News

    Attended Southland Boys High School/ Southland Technical College (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845612)) AWMM

Death

About death

Contribute ›
  • Death
    5 November 1943 AWMM
    Age 21 AWMM
    Woodbourne, Marlborough AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Accidental Death AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Eastern Cemetery, Tay Street, Invercargill, New Zealand AWMM 64. 31. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

Contribute ›
  • Memorial name
    • Family grave memorial, Eastern Cemetery, Tay Street, Invercargill, New Zealand AWMM
    • Marlborough War Memorial, Second World War Panel AWMM

Roll of Honour

Remember Harold Nevill Longley by laying a poppy.

Leave a note

Leave a tribute or memory of Harold Nevill Longley

Leave a note

Contribute ›

Sources

Sources

Contribute ›

The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided.

Creative Commons LicenseOnline Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.