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Gordon Loversidge Bonham

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Portrait from The Weekly News; 21 June 1944 - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait from The Weekly News; 21 June 1944 - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Gordon Loversidge AWMM
  • Surname
    Bonham AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • NZ402434 AWMM
    • WWII 402434 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    24 March 1921 RNZAF Biographies (R17845608) Dunedin, Otago RNZAF Biographies (R17845608)
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs Beatrice Mary Bonham (mother), 474 Worcester Street, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW2 Mother: Mrs. B. Bonham of Christcurch AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
    Pilot/Military RNZAF Biographies (R17845608)
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
    Killed on air operations AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Gordon Bonham was the son of Frederick Thomas Bonham and Beatrice Mary Bonham, of Christchurch, New Zealand.

    Next of kin details compiled from information in the Casualty lists published in the newspapers.

    Attended Nelson College (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845608)) AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    25 September 1944 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    England, United Kingdom AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Brookwood Military Cemetery, Woking, Surrey, England AWMM 8. AA. 15. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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06 February 2021KelvinNorfolk, EnglandResearcher
06 June 2020Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher

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