John Bruce McMillan

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John Bruce McMillan

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Birthplace: Rakauroa, East Coast, North Island, New Zealand
Death: November 28, 1979 (63-64)
Antarctica (Mount Erebus Aircraft Crash)
Place of Burial: Parnell, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand
Immediate Family:

Son of John Stewart McMillan and Mary Rhoda McMillan
Husband of Melba Pearl McMillan

Find A Grave ID: 235601895
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About John Bruce McMillan

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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John Bruce McMillan's Timeline

1915
1915
Rakauroa, East Coast, North Island, New Zealand
1979
November 28, 1979
Age 64
Antarctica
November 28, 1979
Age 64
National Erebus Memorial, Parnell, Auckland, North Island, New Zealand