John Arthur Houlton

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

John Arthur AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Houlton AWMM

Ingoa kārangaranga

Johnnie AWMM

Nama Hōia

• WWII NZ413543 AWMM
• WWII 413543 AWMM
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Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Whānautanga mai

23 Sept 1922 Cemetery Record

Pakanga

• World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
• Regular Military Service AWMM
• Territorial Military Service AWMM

Kauhanga riri

• Mediterranean AWMM
• Europe (Air) AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Air Force AWMM

Nama Hōia

• WWII NZ413543 AWMM
• WWII 413543 AWMM
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Urunga ki te ope taua

• Royal Air Force, No. 185 Squadron AWMM
• Royal Air Force, No. 602 Squadron AWMM
• Royal Air Force, No. 274 Squadron AWMM
• Royal Air Force, No. 485 (NZ) Squadron (Spitfire)
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Mētara me ngā Tohu

• Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) AWMM
• War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
• New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM
• Defence Medal
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• Africa Star (1942-43 Clasp)
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• Aircrew Europe (France and Germany Clasp)
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• 1939-45 Star
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• WW11 Fighter Ace. Credited with the destruction of 6 German aircraft plus 4 damaged. Post war access to German records indicate that his score may have been 9 destroyed.
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Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Royal Air Force, No. 485 (NZ) Squadron AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

WW2 Squadron Leader AWMM

Credited with the first enemy aircraft destroyed over Normandy on D Day. AWMM

Matenga

16 Apr 1996 Hanson
Age  73 AWMM

Urupā

North Shore Memorial Park, North Shore, Auckland AWMM Ashes AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• Squadron Leader John ‘Johnnie’ Arthur Houlton DFC
  http://www.johnniehoulton.info/
  Further Reference
• 'Awards to N.Z. Airmen', Evening Post, 8 September 1944. Papers Past.
  https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19440908.2.82.2
  Further Reference
• Wikipedia contributors. (2025, November 15). List of World War II aces from New Zealand. In Wikipedia.
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_War_II_aces_from_New_Zealand
  Further Reference
• Medals:
  https://www.spink.com/lot/18001000046
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Ngā tuhinga

• Hanson, C. (2001). By such deeds: honours and awards in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, 1923-1999. Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
• New Zealand, World War II Appointments, Promotions, Transfers and Resignations, 1939–1945. [Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette.] CD-ROM. Ravensbourne, Dunedin, New Zealand: Colonial CD Books, n.d.
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] - Historical Items - List of New Zealand Fighter aces with their Scores (Unofficial) December 1944. Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R17845799).
• List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - Embarkation Lists, November 1940 - July 1942. Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R17845762).
• Royal New Zealand Air Force. (1941–1945). Contact: National magazine of the R.N.Z.A.F.; the official organ of the Air Force Association (Inc.). Levin, New Zealand: Royal New Zealand Air Force.
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