Lowell Yerex, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lowell Yerex

New Zealand businessman

Date of Birth: 24-Jul-1895

Place of Birth: Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1968

Profession: aircraft pilot

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Lowell Yerex (24 July 1895 - 1968) was born in New Zealand, and attended Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana United States.
He graduated from Valparaiso University in 1916.
He volunteered for the British Royal Flying Corps in 1917, was shot down over France and spent four months in a German prisoner-of-war camp.
In 1931, he founded Transportes Aéreos Centro Americanos, but was forced out at the end of 1945.
He went on to found British West Indian Airways in Trinidad and Tobago in 1940, at the invitation of Lady Young, wife of Trinidad and Tobago's new governor Sir Hubert Winthrop Young. In 1941, he founded Aerovias Brasil in Rio de Janeiro.
After several mergers and acquisitions, the successor companies were eventually acquired by VARIG in 1961. He was born in Wellington, New Zealand and died in Buenos Aires, Argentina.