Shirley Jane MacDonald

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Shirley Jane MacDonald

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Birthplace: Hāwera, Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand
Death: November 28, 1979 (35)
Antarctica (Mount Erebus Aircraft Crash)
Place of Burial: Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica
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Daughter of Ernest Owen MacDonald and Alma MacDonald

Find A Grave ID: 235601874
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About Shirley Jane MacDonald

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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Shirley Jane MacDonald's Timeline

1944
October 17, 1944
Hāwera, Taranaki, North Island, New Zealand
1979
November 28, 1979
Age 35
Antarctica
November 28, 1979
Age 35
Mount Erebus Memorial Cross, Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica