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The National Erebus Memorial project team compiled this list of passengers and crew from Air New Zealand Flight TE901. This list also includes the town or city of residence of the New Zealand passengers, and the country of international passengers.

We have cross-checked this list with information from Births, Deaths and Marriages records, Air New Zealand, the Coronial Office and Erebus families. The names of the international passengers on board have also been checked with the relevant country embassies.

Reflections on Erebus

In their own words, whānau, family and friends, as well as some of those involved with Operation Overdue, share their personal reflections on the accident and its impact then and in the years since.

Links to reflections on individual crew and passengers can be found under the names listed below.

We have also included links to memories listed on the New Zealand Herald and New Zealand Air Line Pilots' Association websites.

Reflections on Erebus (NZ History)

Faces of Erebus project (New Zealand Herald)

Erebus roll of remembrance (New Zealand Air Line Pilots' Association)

Crew

There were 20 Air New Zealand crew on board Antarctic sightseeing Flight TE901 on 28 November 1979.

T J (Jim) Collins

Job title: Captain. Place of residence: Auckland

Gregory Cassin

Job title: First Officer. Place of residence: Auckland

Graham Lucas

Job title: First Officer. Place of residence: Auckland

Gordon Brooks

Job title: Flight Engineer. Place of residence: Auckland

Nicholas (Nick) Moloney

Job title: Flight Engineer. Place of residence: Auckland

David Bennett

Job title: Assistant Purser. Place of residence: Auckland

Elizabeth Carr-Smith

Job title: Cabin Crew. Place of residence: Auckland

Graham Cater

Job title: Senior Cabin Crew. Place of residence: Auckland

Martin Collins

Job title: Purser. Place of residence: Auckland

Michael (Mike) Finlay

Job title: Assistant Purser. Place of residence: Auckland

Dianne Keenan

Job title: Cabin Crew. Place of residence: Auckland

James Lewis

Job title: Cabin Crew. Place of residence: Auckland

Suzanne Marinovic

Job title: Senior Cabin Crew. Place of residence: Auckland

Bruce Maxwell

Job title: Senior Cabin Crew. Place of residence: Auckland

Roy McPherson

Job title: Chief Purser. Place of residence: Auckland

Katrina Morrison

Job title: Cabin Crew. Place of residence: Auckland

Russell Scott

Job title: Purser. Place of residence: Auckland

David Sickelmore

Job title: Cabin Crew. Place of residence: Auckland

Stephen Simmons

Job title: Cabin Crew. Place of residence: Auckland

Marie Wolfert

Job title: Cabin Crew. Place of residence: Auckland

Passengers

There were 237 passengers on board Flight TE901. The passengers came from around Aotearoa New Zealand, and there were also a number of international passengers on the flight.

Peter Addis

Place of residence: Auckland

Lleone Aisenman

Place of residence: United States of America

Jane Allan

Place of residence: Clive

Malyon Allan

Place of residence: Clive

Marjorie Allan

Place of residence: Clive

Audrey Anderson

Place of residence: United Kingdom

Margaret Anderson

Place of residence: Auckland

Grant Anglesey

Place of residence: Waitara

Ethel Armitage

Place of residence: Auckland

Melinda Arnold

Place of residence: Auckland

Valerie Arnold

Place of residence: Auckland

Grahame Ashton

Place of residence: Auckland

Thomas Bainbridge

Place of residence: Auckland

Peter Baldwin

Place of residence: Auckland

Kay Barnick

Place of residence: United States of America

Marion Barnick

Place of residence: United States of America

Earl Beaumont

Place of residence: Canada

Des Beckett

Place of residence: Rotorua

Patricia Blair

Place of residence: United States of America

Marilyn Bond

Place of residence: Auckland

Robin Bond

Place of residence: Auckland

Ronnie Brehaut

Place of residence: Timaru

Jon Broad

Place of residence: Hamilton

Philippa Broad

Place of residence: Hamilton

Geraldine Brooks

Place of residence: Australia

Aubrey Brough

Place of residence: Turua

Geoffrey Buchanan

Place of residence: Feilding

Lucille Burckhalter

Place of residence: United States of America

Lindsay Burgess

Place of residence: Whangārei

Rose Burgess

Place of residence: Whangārei

Heinz Bürgi

Place of residence: Auckland

Lorraine Burton

Place of residence: Wellington

Rae Butler

Place of residence: Athenree

Rangiaho Cameron

Place of residence: Auckland

Stuart Campbell

Place of residence: Te Puke

Barrie Carleton

Place of residence: Otautau

Marion Carleton

Place of residence: Otautau

Margaret Carr

Place of residence: Whangārei

Bryan Chadderton

Place of residence: Auckland

Valerie Chadderton

Place of residence: Auckland

Alla Christiansen

Place of residence: Auckland

Frank Christmas

Place of residence: New Plymouth

David Clark

Place of residence: Auckland

Irene Clark

Place of residence: Auckland

Iris Clark

Place of residence: Auckland

William Clark

Place of residence: Auckland

Joan Cockrill

Place of residence: United Kingdom

Bernard Colbran

Place of residence: Makarewa

Yvonne Colbran

Place of residence: Makarewa

John Cole

Place of residence: Auckland

Jean Copas

Place of residence: Napier

Susan Copley

Place of residence: United Kingdom

Audrey Copsey

Place of residence: Pukekohe

Constance Corey

Place of residence: United States of America

Alison Crabtree

Place of residence: Auckland

Norman Crabtree

Place of residence: Auckland

Marie Dahl

Place of residence: Wellington

June Davies

Place of residence: Australia

Peter Dawson

Place of residence: Piopio

Kay Dean

Place of residence: Reporoa

Florence (Deb) Debbage

Place of residence: Rotorua

Nora Delmage

Place of residence: United Kingdom

Dora Duff

Place of residence: United States of America

Athol Duke

Place of residence: Auckland

Doug Dykzeul

Place of residence: Auckland

John Dykzeul

Place of residence: Morrinsville

Gwen Eagles

Place of residence: Rotorua

Edna Edwards

Place of residence: Auckland

Elizabeth Edwards

Place of residence: United Kingdom

Cecil Emmett

Place of residence: Te Awamutu

John Emmett

Place of residence: Te Awamutu

Jean Ferrell

Place of residence: United States of America

Kathryn Frost

Place of residence: Auckland

Kuniyasu Furukawa

Place of residence: Japan

Alfred Gallagher

Place of residence: Auckland

Elsie Gallagher

Place of residence: Auckland

Brucie (Bryn) Gibbs

Place of residence: Wellington

Richard Gilliver

Place of residence: Kawerau

Violet Gosling

Place of residence: Ōpōtiki

Norio Goto

Place of residence: Japan

Pamela Gulland

Place of residence: Auckland

Florence Hance

Place of residence: United States of America

Marlene Hansen

Place of residence: Picton

Hazel Harris

Place of residence: Gordonton

Annie Harrison

Place of residence: Auckland

Muriel Harrison

Place of residence: Auckland

James Hartley

Place of residence: Ōtorohanga

Pearl Harty

Place of residence: Auckland

Kate Haworth

Place of residence: Auckland

Peter Haworth

Place of residence: Auckland

Mitsuo Higuchi

Place of residence: Japan

Eileen Hill

Place of residence: Lower Hutt

Gordon Hill

Place of residence: Auckland

Jean Holloway

Place of residence: Auckland

Bryan Holtham

Place of residence: Invercargill

Roy Hotson

Place of residence: Tuakau

John Houghton

Place of residence: United States of America

Brent Howarth

Place of residence: Tauranga

Stephen (Ocky) Hughes

Place of residence: Auckland

Mildred Humphrey

Place of residence: Orewa

Thomas Hyndman

Place of residence: Auckland

Akira Imai

Place of residence: Japan

Hisako Imai

Place of residence: Japan

Ernst Jahn

Place of residence: United States of America

Isabel Jahn

Place of residence: United States of America

Nicholas Jarvis

Place of residence: Auckland

Lois Jenkins

Place of residence: Auckland

Charles Jennings

Place of residence: Napier

Kathleen Karl

Place of residence: Auckland

Dennis Kearney

Place of residence: Auckland

John Keith

Place of residence: Whangārei

Nancy Kendon

Place of residence: Auckland

Betty Kerr

Place of residence: Auckland

Frank Kerr

Place of residence: Auckland

Geoffrey Kerr

Place of residence: Whanganui

Anthony Kilsby

Place of residence: Levin

Geoffrey Kilsby

Place of residence: Levin

Nancy King

Place of residence: Russell

Donald (Don) Kirk

Place of residence: Mokauiti

Paul Klassaovity

Place of residence: United States of America

Carl Klensch

Place of residence: United States of America

Mary Lake

Place of residence: United States of America

William Larsen

Place of residence: Raetihi

James (Jim) Lavin

Place of residence: Auckland

Yves Lépine

Place of residence: France

Michael Lies

Place of residence: United States of America

Alison Ling

Place of residence: Auckland

Urs Locher

Place of residence: Auckland

William (Bill) Lomax

Place of residence: Kawerau

Charles Loughnan

Place of residence: Tauranga

Patrick Loughnan

Place of residence: Tauranga

Shirley MacDonald

Place of residence: Hāwera

John MacKenzie

Place of residence: Auckland

Stella MacKenzie

Place of residence: Auckland

Eudora (Dolly) Madgwick

Place of residence: Whangaparāoa

Muriel Magnell

Place of residence: United States of America

Theodore Magnell

Place of residence: United States of America

David Manley

Place of residence: Cambridge

Dorothy Mann

Place of residence: Auckland

Dorothy Marsden

Place of residence: Tokoroa

Joseph Marsden

Place of residence: Tokoroa

Sarah Martin

Place of residence: Auckland

Trevor Maskelyne

Place of residence: New Plymouth

Robert Mason

Place of residence: Canada

Dawn Matthews

Place of residence: Aokautere

Olive Maynard

Place of residence: Te Puru

William Maynard

Place of residence: Te Puru

Richard Mckendry

Place of residence: Wellington

Margaret (Peggy) McKenzie

Place of residence: Napier

Bruce McMillan

Place of residence: Gisborne

Melba McMillan

Place of residence: Gisborne

Bernard McNamara

Place of residence: Pauanui

Eric McNeil

Place of residence: Auckland

Jürg Meier

Place of residence: Switzerland

Mark Mitchell

Place of residence: Lower Hutt

Junichi Mitsuhashi

Place of residence: Japan

Nakako Mitsuhashi

Place of residence: Japan

Peter Mulgrew

Place of residence: Auckland

Ross Munro

Place of residence: Ōtorohanga

Owen Murray

Place of residence: Mataura

Christine Nicholson

Place of residence: Christchurch

Shigeru Noda

Place of residence: Japan

Ian O'Connor

Place of residence: Timaru

Hiroko Odani

Place of residence: Japan

Morihiko Odani

Place of residence: Japan

Mervyn Oliver

Place of residence: Ashhurst

Asako Ono

Place of residence: Japan

Tetsuro Ono

Place of residence: Japan

Juhei Osawa

Place of residence: Japan

Masa Osawa

Place of residence: Japan

Norio Ozawa

Place of residence: Japan

David Palmer

Place of residence: Whangaparāoa

Edward Palmer

Place of residence: Tauranga

Gary Palmer

Place of residence: Tauranga

Eija Parkkari

Place of residence: Canada

Linda Paterson

Place of residence: Auckland

Mary Paterson

Place of residence: Auckland

Nola Paykel

Place of residence: Auckland

Alfred (Murray) Payne

Place of residence: Auckland

Marjorie Peacocke

Place of residence: Auckland

Carla Pethers

Place of residence: Auckland

Alexander Plummer

Place of residence: Auckland

Hilda Plummer

Place of residence: Hamilton

Michael Potter

Place of residence: Whangaparāoa

Robert Preston

Place of residence: Christchurch

Beatrice Price

Place of residence: Auckland

Beverley Price

Place of residence: Auckland

Joy Pridmore

Place of residence: Levin

Valeria Rawlins

Place of residence: Auckland

Basil Revell

Place of residence: Waiwera

Geraldine Revell

Place of residence: Waiwera

Pamela Richmond

Place of residence: Auckland

Helen Robb

Place of residence: Auckland

Alison Roberts

Place of residence: Wellington

Michael Roberts

Place of residence: Wellington

Betty Robinson

Place of residence: Napier

Karl Ruden

Place of residence: United States of America

Hisako Sato

Place of residence: Japan

Marie Scott

Place of residence: Dunedin

Michi Seki

Place of residence: Japan

Toshiro Seki

Place of residence: Japan

George Shepherd

Place of residence: United States of America

Seishiro Shigeta

Place of residence: Japan

Ryoichi Shionoya

Place of residence: Japan

Betty Smith

Place of residence: Whangārei

Henry Smythe

Place of residence: Turua

Ralph Steel

Place of residence: United States of America

Antony (Tony) Stevenson

Place of residence: Picton

Donald Stewart

Place of residence: Auckland

Alan Stokes

Place of residence: Auckland

Phyllis Storey

Place of residence: Auckland

Masaaki Takada

Place of residence: Japan

Peter Tanton

Place of residence: Whangaparāoa

Doug Taylor

Place of residence: Whangārei

Roy Thomas

Place of residence: Tauranga

Walter Thomas

Place of residence: Whangaparāoa

Billie Thompson

Place of residence: United States of America

Henry Thompson

Place of residence: United States of America

Wattie Thompson

Place of residence: Tarras

Florence Tremaine

Place of residence: Taupō

Robert Tremaine

Place of residence: Taupō

Elaine Trinder

Place of residence: United Kingdom

Harry Ward

Place of residence: Auckland

Valerie Ward

Place of residence: Auckland

Isobel Watson

Place of residence: Auckland

Katherine (Kit) Watson

Place of residence: Wellington

Alfred Webb

Place of residence: Waitoa

Jane Williams

Place of residence: Hastings

Janet Williams

Place of residence: Havelock North

Leonard Williams

Place of residence: Havelock North

Barbara Wood

Place of residence: Kirita Bay

Irvine Wood

Place of residence: Kirita Bay

Linda Worth

Place of residence: Auckland

Hamako Yanagisawa

Place of residence: Japan

Nobuyoshi Yanagisawa

Place of residence: Japan

Ryoji Yokoyama

Place of residence: Japan

Otmar Zoll

Place of residence: Auckland

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