822452 Temp.Corporal Margery Greenfield, 1914(?)-7/10/1945.

On 7 October 1945 LJ668 a Short Stirling GT.4 of 299 Squadron RAF crashed at Rennes, France. The aircraft was flying from Cairo, Egypt back to the United Kingdom when it ran short of fuel. It tried to land in bad visibility at Rennes but crashed into a row of trees, five crew and 21 soldiers and members of the Auxiliary Territorial Service were killed. -Wikipedia.

VICTIMS OF AIR CRASH

The three members of the New Zealand W.A.A.C. officially believed killed in a plane crash in France, came from Wellington, Hawera and Dunedin. They were all club welfare workers and were Sergeant Marie Innes, Private Margaret Mortlock and Private Margery Greenfield. 

Sergeant Innes, the daughter of Lieut.-Colonel V. J. Innes and Mrs Innes, Karori, Wellington, was 25 years of age. She left New Zealand in December, 1942, and was in the Middle East almost three years, first at the New Zealand Forces' Club in Cairo and then at Rome. 

Private M. Mortlock was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Mortlock, Princes Street, Hawera. She was 24 years of age and, before embarking for overseas service in September last year, had been pay sergeant at the W.A.A.C. camp at Mirimar, Wellington. She entered the Army at the end of 1942. 

The Dunedin girl, Private M. Greenfield, daughter of Mr and Mrs A. P. Greenfield, Maori Hill, saw service in the Pacific, and returned to New Zealand in October, 1943, after serving there several months. At the end of March, 1944, she left for the Middle East. Miss Greenfield was 31 years of age.  -Manawatu Standard, 13/10/1945.

WOMEN'S WORLD

A simple but moving "in memoriam" service for the three members of the New Zealand Army Auxiliary Corps, Sergeant Marie E. I. Innes, Private Margery Greenfield and Private Margaret J. Mortlock, who were, last week reported killed on active service over France, was held yesterday at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Wellington.   -Manawatu Standard, 18/10/1945.

The remains of the three members of the N.Z.W.A.A.C., Sergeant Marie Innes, Private Margery Greenfield and Private Margaret Mortlock, who were killed in an air crash overseas, were flown to England to be interred in a military cemetery there. A memorial service was held for them in the New Zealand Forces’ Club, Cairo, on October 11, according to advice received by N.Z.W.A.A.C. headquarters.   -Manawatu Standard 20/10/1945.

Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin.  DCC photo.