Irvine Kirkham Wood

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Irvine Kirkham Wood

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Birthplace: Te Awamutu, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand
Death: November 28, 1979 (71)
Antarctica (Mount Erebus Aircraft Crash)
Place of Burial: Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica
Immediate Family:

Son of Francis David Wood and Gwendoline Wood
Husband of Barbara Annie Wood
Father of David Robertson Wood; John Robertson Wood and Private
Brother of Athol Gladwyn Wood; Francis Colin Wood and Mary Gwendoline Shepherd, Illston

Find A Grave ID: 235603503
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About Irvine Kirkham Wood

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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Irvine Kirkham Wood's Timeline

1908
September 21, 1908
Te Awamutu, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand
1938
January 25, 1938
1978
1978
Age 69
Hauraki, Auckland, New Zealand
1979
November 28, 1979
Age 71
Antarctica
November 28, 1979
Age 71
Mount Erebus Memorial Cross, Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica