Back to search results

Flying Officer SELWYN CHARLES HOUGHTON

Service Number: 416494
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Date of Death

Died 09 October 1944

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOURAIL MEMORIAL

Panel 4.

New Caledonia

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of Roland Paul Houghton and of Ellen Ada Houghton (nee Jacka); husband of Doreen Elizabeth Houghton, of Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand. Known to be buried near Avu Avu Missin Church, near Guadalcanal, and whose grave is now lost.
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN

Introducing For Evermore: Stories of the Fallen - the exciting new way to read and share stories of the Commonwealth's war dead. Got a story to share? Upload it and preserve their memory for generations to come.

Share and read stories
Download certificate

From the CWGC Archives

Grave Registration (1)

Grave Registration Documents - Registers
Click to view
Image Caption (used for share message)

Panel List (1)

Panel List Documents - Panel Lists
Click to view
Image Caption (used for share message)

Buried or commemorated at

BOURAIL MEMORIAL
New Caledonia
Number of casualties: 449
View cemetery details

Information Relating to the casualty

You can find out more about this casualty by following the link below.

Casualty Information