John Weir Humphrey

Class of 1938

Died: Sept. 29, 1941, age 20 


John Humphrey was a sergeant observer aboard a Wellington Bomber attached to No. 99 Squadron Royal Air Force when he was killed in a crash at Great Finbrough, Suffolk, England September 29, 1941. The son of James Albert and Rita Humphrey of Sunny Brae, he was 20 when he died, one of five crewmen from the Royal Air Force and Royal New Zealand Air Force to perish. Humphrey was buried with full military honours at Ringshall (St. Catherine) Churchyard in Suffolk.
 
Source: "Lest We Forget",
Moncton Times & Transcript,
November 8, 2001
Photo source: Moncton High School