Ronald Wynne Newman

Forenames

Ronald Wynne AWMM

Surname

Newman AWMM

Service number

• NZ4210960 AWMM
• WWII 4210960 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

19 Feb 1915 AWMM

Place of birth

Gisborne

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Birth notes

Son of Ludvic M. and Elsie Newman; husband of Kate I. Newman, of Gisborne,

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Next of kin

• WW2 Widow: Mrs. K. I. Newman of Gisborne (1 child) AWMM
• WW2 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. L. M. Newman of Waimata, Gisborne AWMM

Relationship status

• Married/WWII AWMM
• 1940 Ronald Wynne NEWMAN married Kate Isabel BREINGAN - they had 2 children
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 30 May 2023 - NZ BDM Marriage Records & GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXII, ISSUE 21758, 6 JULY 1945, PAGE 4

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

• Europe (Air) AWMM
• Europe (Air) AWMM

Armed force / branch

Air Force AWMM

Service number

• NZ4210960 AWMM
• WWII 4210960 AWMM

Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Royal Air Force, No. 75 (NZ) Squadron AWMM

Military training

• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 1 Central Navigation School, Rivers, Manitoba, Canada AWMM
• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 5 Bombing and Gunnery School, Dafoe, Saskatchewan, Canada AWMM
  Course 1: Graduation Date: 1/10/1943. AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Shepherd/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Vessel was Matsonia AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Flight Sergeant (Air Bomber)/Military AWMM
Royal Air Force, No. 75 (NZ) Squadron AWMM

Ronald Newman attended Gisborne High School before working as a Shepherd on his family farm at Waimata Valley. Son of Ludvic Marshlands and Elsie Newman (nee Wachsman), Waimata. Husband of Kayte Isobel Newman (nee Breigan), father of 1 daughter.

In 1998 Adriaan de Winter and Ton van Alphen undertook a project in the Reichswald Forest Cemetery photographing all the headstones of New Zealanders buried there.

Attended Gisborne High School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845614)) AWMM

Death

30 Nov 1944 AWMM
Age  29 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Death notes

Received a direct hit by flak over the target and it appeared to another crew flying close by, to have lost most of its tail-plane. The aircraft fell sharply out of the sky and struck the ground violently. The rear gunner Sgt Cooper was the only survivor but he too, died from his injuries at Elizabeth Krankenhaus Oberhausen on 28th December 1944.

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Cemetery

Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany AWMM 25 A AWMM

Obituary

Flight-Sergeant Ronald Wynne Newman was the second son of Mr. L. Newman, Waimata. He was on his twenty-fourth operational flight over enemy territory when the aircraft in which he was a member of the crew was hit in the air, and crashed with the loss of all hands in the neighbourhood of Osterfeld. Flight-Sergeant Newman was in his thirties, and was a married man with one child.

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GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXII, ISSUE 21758, 6 JULY 1945, PAGE 4

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2040691
  Sources Used
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Na - Py. Archives New Zealand (R17845614)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845614
  Sources Used
• List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. Archives New Zealand (R17845747)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845747
  Sources Used

References

• Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
• This record is a work in progress and was partially compiled from the “Database of New Zealand Airmen who took part in Advanced Air Training in Canada during WW2”. Researched by Ivan and Lorna Lindsey of Tauranga. N.Z. 2003 – 2012. Reproduced with permission.
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Na - Py. Archives New Zealand (R17845614) - Former archives reference: AIR118
• List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. [Missing - But Presumed Dead on Lapse of Time - Officers, Airmen]. Archives New Zealand (R17845743)
• Please note that the 11 volumes of the "RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939-1945" held at Archives NZ (formerly known as AIR118) should be used in conjunction with Errol Martyn's "For Your Tomorrow". FYT reflects detailed examination of all of the AIR118 bios which contain many inaccuracies and omissions.
• List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. [List of Missing]. Archives New Zealand (R17845747)
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.