Douglas Gordon Callender

Forenames

Douglas Gordon AWMM

Surname

Callender AWMM

Also known as

Gordon Callender AWMM

Service number

• NZ401721 AWMM
• WWII 401721 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

24 Jan 1917 AWMM

Next of kin

• James Royston Callender (father), Box 66, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
• WW2 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. J. R. Callender of Dunedin AWMM

Relationship status

• Single/WWII AWMM
• Pre 01 Dec 1940 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

• Air Force AWMM
• Observer
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Service number

• NZ401721 AWMM
• WWII 401721 AWMM

Military service

RNZAF

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Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

• Royal Air Force, No. 55 Squadron AWMM
• Sergeant (SGT)
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Military training

• Levin AWMM
• Ohakea AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 1940 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM
Citrus Fruit Grower/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM

Medical notes

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

Last rank

Sergeant AWMM
Royal Air Force, No. 55 Squadron AWMM

Death

27 May 1941 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM XII. B. 1. AWMM

Obituary

Death notice: Otago Daily Times AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Kerikeri War Memorial, RSA Clubrooms, Kerikeri AWMM
• Waitaki Boys' High School Roll of Honour WWII 1939-45 AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  Sources Used
• Air Casualties Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 139, 14 June 1941, Page 11
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19410614.2.78&srpos
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2092815
  Sources Used
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Bo - Cl. Archives New Zealand (R17845608)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845608
  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 (R17845744)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845744
  Sources Used

References

• The Evening Post
• Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
• Otago Daily Times
  Death notice: Otago Daily Times
• Information kindly provided by family
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Bo - Cl. Archives New Zealand (R17845608) - Former archives reference: AIR118
• 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. [(New Zealanders Attached to R.A.F. [Royal Air Force]) (Officers), (Europe) - Airmen]. Archives New Zealand (R17845744)
• 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.
• McDonald, K. C. (1958). A history of Waitaki Boys’ High School, 1883-1958. Christchurch [N.Z.] : Whitcombe and Tombs.