Francis Ronald Kerr

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Francis Ronald Kerr

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Birthplace: Ōpōtiki, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand
Death: November 28, 1979 (47)
Antarctica (Mount Erebus Aircraft Crash)
Place of Burial: Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica
Immediate Family:

Son of John Grainger Kerr and Louisa May Orr Kerr
Husband of Patricia Elizabeth Kerr

Find A Grave ID: 235601352
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About Francis Ronald Kerr

On the morning of 28 November 1979, Air New Zealand Flight TE901 left Mangere airport, Auckland, for an 11-hour return sightseeing flight to Antarctica. At 12.49 p.m. (NZST), the aircraft crashed into the lower slopes of Mt Erebus killing all 237 passengers and 20 crew on board. It was the worst civil disaster in New Zealand's history. Source: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/erebus-disaster

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Francis Ronald Kerr's Timeline

1932
May 19, 1932
Ōpōtiki, Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand
1979
November 28, 1979
Age 47
Antarctica
November 28, 1979
Age 47
Mount Erebus Memorial Cross, Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica