Gordon Alexander Hill

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Gordon Alexander Hill

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Birthplace: Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
Death: November 28, 1979 (46)
Antarctica (Mount Erebus Aircraft Crash)
Place of Burial: Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica
Immediate Family:

Son of James Buchanan Hill and Williamina Catherine Hill
Husband of Lorna Wilson and Private
Father of Private and Private
Brother of Allan Robert Hill; Brian Grant Hill; Private and Private

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About Gordon Alexander Hill

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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Gordon Alexander Hill's Timeline

1933
March 7, 1933
Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
1979
November 28, 1979
Age 46
Antarctica
December 18, 1979
Age 46
Mount Erebus Memorial Cross, Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica