As usual, this morning I read Bungy’s RNZN In Memoriam 17 APRIL: and read about that yacht Evaine. I do remember reading of this tragedy on other occasions but did not know how it had happened so a bit of research and turned this up.
Bungy’s post – RNZN In Memoriam 17 APRIL:
DALLOW Jack William SIG NZ3594 RNZN yacht ‘Evaine’ 20………1940
RYAN William Albert OSIG A/1815 RNZNVR yacht ‘Evaine’ 23….1940
WAITE Desmond Clyde OSIG A/1867 RNZNVR yacht ‘Evaine’ 20 1940
The loss of three young members of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in the yacht Evaine, near Tiritiri, on April 17, was recalled at an inquest yesterday into the death of Jack William Dallow, signalman, aged 20, of Oriental Bay, Wellington, whose body was found on the beach at Wliangaparaoa Peninsula on May 4. The, bodies of his companions, William Albert Ryan and Desmond Clyde Waite, have not been recovered. Evidence was given that permission was given to the men to go sailing in Ryan’s boat, which was found capsized five hours later about three miles from Tiritiri. All sails were set, and the leader sail appeared to have fouled the masthead. Robert Wilson Leitch, yeoman of signals, who had previously sailed with Ryan, said: “It appears to me that while hoisting the spinnaker Ryan handed over the tiller to either Dallow or Waite, who through inexperience might easily have allowed the yacht to gybe.” The coroner, Mr. F. K. Hunt, returned a verdict of accidental drowning in the case of Dallow, and intimated that later proceedings would probably be taken in respect of the other victims.
[New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23704, 10 July 1940, Page 12]
Casualty
Service Number:
3594
Name:
Jack William Dallow
Rank:
Signalman
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Navy
Casualty Details
Cause of Death:
Accidental Death
Date of Death:
17 April 1940
Day of Death:
Wednesday
Age at Death:
20
Conflict:
WW2
Embarkation Details
Embarkation Body:
Royal New Zealand Navy
Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum
Cemetery
Cemetery:
Cemetery Reference:
Prot. Naval Area C, Row 1, Grave 12.
Cemetery Location:
New Zealand
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