Ernest Arthur Sisson

Forenames

Ernest Arthur AWMM

Surname

Sisson AWMM

Service number

• NZ404574 AWMM
• WWII 404574 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

7 Jul 1914 RNZAF Biographies (R17845615)

Next of kin

• Thomas Richard Sisson (father), Oratia, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• WW2 Mother: Mrs. E. Sisson. Pleasant Road, Glen Eden, Auckland AWMM
• WW2 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. T. R. Sisson of Auckland AWMM

Relationship status

• Single/WWII AWMM
• Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Europe (Air) AWMM

Armed force / branch

Air Force AWMM

Service number

• NZ404574 AWMM
• WWII 404574 AWMM

Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

• Royal Air Force, No. 144 Squadron AWMM
• Royal Air Force, No. 61 Squadron AWMM
• Royal Canadian Air Force, No. 408 Squadron AWMM
• Royal Air Force, No. 50 Squadron AWMM
• Royal Air Force, No. 49 Squadron AWMM

Military training

• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 4 Air Observer School, London, Ontario, Canada AWMM
  Course 1: Graduation Date: 26/05/1941. AWMM
• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 4 Bombing and Gunnery School, Fingal, Ontario, Canada AWMM
• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 1 Air Navigation School, Rivers, Manitoba, Canada AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Vessel was Empress of Russia AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
Killed on air operations AWMM

Last rank

Sergeant (Observer) AWMM
Royal Air Force, No. 50 Squadron AWMM

Ernest Sisson was the son of Thomas Richard Sisson, and of Emily Sisson (nee Kay), of Oratia, Auckland, New Zealand.

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 Mt. Albert Grammar School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845615)) AWMM

Death

8 Jan 1943 AWMM
Age  28 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany AWMM 14 C 13 AWMM

Memorial name

Glen Eden RSA 1939-1945 Memorial

Public - Raewynn - Researcher - 11 March 2015 - Glen Eden RSA 1939-1945 Memorial

Memorial name

• Mount Albert Grammar School, Alberton Ave, Mount Albert Auckland 1025 AWMM
• Oratia School Second World War Memorial, Shaw Road, Oratia Auckland 0604 AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2041931
  Sources Used
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Qu - Sl. Archives New Zealand (R17845615)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845615
  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) - Qu - Sl. Archives New Zealand (R17845615) - 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 - Embarkation Lists, November 1940 - July 1942. Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R17845762).
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.