Arthur Lyall Ray

Forenames

Arthur Lyall AWMM

Surname

Ray AWMM

Service number

• NZ414677 AWMM
• WWII 414677 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

23 May 1919 RNZAF Biographies (R17845615)

Next of kin

• Mrs A.J. Ray (mother), Kihikihi Road, Te Awamutu, New Zealand AWMM
• WW2 Mother:Mrs. E. M. Ray of Te Awamutu AWMM
• WW2 Mrs. E. M. Ray,(M) Kihi Kihi Road,Te Awamutu AWMM

Relationship status

• Single/WWII AWMM
• Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

War

• World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
• training at Dunnville, Ontario
  Public - Pierre - Researcher - 20 April 2015 - From Mervyn Jack Mills' family.
  Ray and Mills were friends.
  
  https://bcatp.wordpress.com/2015/04/19/35-new-zealanders-in-class-44/

Armed force / branch

Air Force AWMM

Service number

• NZ414677 AWMM
• WWII 414677 AWMM

Military training

• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 6 Service Flying Training School, Dunnville, Ontario, Canada AWMM
  Course 1: Class 44. Graduation Date: 27/03/1942. AWMM
• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 1 General Reconnaissance School, Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Canada AWMM
• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 32 Operational Training Unit, Patricia Bay, British Columbia, Canada AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Vessel was Monterey AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Air Accident, Cause of Death AWMM
Killed in an aircraft accident AWMM

Last rank

Flight Lieutenant/Military AWMM
Royal Air Force, No. 1661 Heavy Conversion Unit AWMM

Arthur Ray was the son of Arthur James Ray and Ethel Millicent Ray, of Te Awamutu, Auckland, New Zealand.

Arthur Ray was a pilot under training when he was killed.

Brothers Arthur Lyall Ray (NZ414677) and Dudley Thomas Ray (NZ403029) died in WW2.

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

Attended The Te Awamutu District High School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845615)) AWMM

Death

24 Jul 1944 AWMM
Age  25 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Air Accident AWMM

Cemetery

Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridgeshire, England AWMM Grave 14104. AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  Sources Used
• Air Force casualties. Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 28, 2 August 1944, Page 6
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19440802.2.84.2&srpos
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2651486
  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
• List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. Archives New Zealand (R17845748)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845748
  Sources Used

References

• Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
• The Evening Post
• 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
• 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 Killed - Officers (Canada, Pacific, Europe) - Airmen (Canada, India and Far East)]. Archives New Zealand (R17845748)
• 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.