Gordon Bridson
I whānau mai i te 2 Dec 1909 - I mate atu i te 6 Dec 1972
- Nama Hōia
- WWII O/541 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Navy AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- WW2 Lieutenant Commander/Military AWMM
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
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- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- Gordon AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- Bridson AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Nama Hōia
- WWII O/541 AWMM
- Ira tangata
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Pono
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Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- 2 Dec 1909 Public source
- Rā i whānau mai ai
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- Wāhi Whānau
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- Tuhinga mō te whānautanga
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- Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga
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- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
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- Uri kiritahi
- WW2 Sister A. Bridson (wife), Public Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Unknown AWMM Married/WWII AWMM
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
- Kauhanga riri
- Pacific Theatre of War AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Navy AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- WWII O/541 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
- HMNZS Kiwi AWMM
- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
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Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
- Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) AWMM
DSO. 1943, for action by HMNZS Kiwi, and HMNZS Moa, against a Japanese submarine. AWMM - Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) AWMM
- Navy Cross (USA) AWMM
- War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
- New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM
- Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve Decoration (VRD) AWMM
- Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) AWMM
Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
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- Pakeke i te whakaurunga
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- Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka
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Te maha o ngā ekenga waka
- Taipitopito ekenga waka
- WW2 Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNZNVR) AWMM
Mauhere o te pakanga
- Kia mau ki ngā taipitopito
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- Ngā rā i mauherehia ai
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- Rā i puta ai
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- Ngā kōrero mō te puta i te mauhere pakanga
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- Te rā i whakahokia atu ngā hōia i mauherehia ai
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- Nama motuhake mō te mauhere pakanga
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Whakapapa hauora
- Tuhinga hauora
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Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- WW2 Lieutenant Commander/Military AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Gordon Bridson was Commander of the HMNZS 'Kiwi' on the night of 29 January 1943, when HMNZS mine-sweepers 'Kiwi' and 'Moa' identified and attacked the Japanese submarine I-1, off the north west coast of Guadacanal. 'Kiwi' rammed it three times, and it ran aground and was destroyed.
David Graham, of the HMNZS 'Kiwi' describes the actions of Lieutenant Commander Bridson in the Auckland War Memorial Museum exhibit, 'Our Small Ships' of 'Scars on the Heart', "....he shouted down the voice pipe, "Stand by to ram". When the voice came back from the engine room, "What the hell do you do when you ram?," he replied, " I don't know, I've never done it before".'
Associated items on display at the exhibit listed above are, a model of the Corvette mine-sweeper HMNZS 'Kiwi', the crests of the 'Kiwi' and 'Moa', a cap ribbon, HMNZS 'Kiwi', the sextant from the Japanese submarine I-1, and photographs of the 'Kiwi' at sea, the ship's company of HMNZS 'Kiwi' marching up Queen Street, Auckland, the remains of the Japanese submarine I-1 sunk off Guadalcanal, and the HMNZS 'Kiwi' at Devonport Dockyards for repairs. In addition, a Oerlikon cannon is on display, like the ones used on the 'Kiwi' and 'Moa', reputedly received from the United States Navy in exchange for two bottles of gin. AWMM - Amending the first line —
"Gordon Bridson was Commander of the HMS 'Kiwi' on the night of 29 January 1943..."
HMS Kiwi should be HMNZS KiwiPublic - Wayne - Researcher - 15 June 2018 - Naval Supply Depot. (1983–1990). HMNZS Kiwi Supply & Demand. Retrieved from Archives New Zealand R2340221 BABR 24141 A1013 90/a 10077/755 1
- Gordon Bridson was Commander of the HMNZS 'Kiwi' on the night of 29 January 1943, when HMNZS mine-sweepers 'Kiwi' and 'Moa' identified and attacked the Japanese submarine I-1, off the north west coast of Guadacanal. 'Kiwi' rammed it three times, and it ran aground and was destroyed.
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 6 Dec 1972 AWMM
- Rā i mate ai
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- Pakeke i te matenga
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- Wāhi Mate
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- Te momo matenga
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- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
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- Ingoa o te urupā
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- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
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- Pānui Matenga
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- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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- Tohutoro maumaharatanga
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Maumaharatanga
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
Sources Used - Awards Made. Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 128, 1 June 1943, Page 4
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19430601.2.47&srpos
Further Reference - National Museum of the Royal New Zealand Navy : Navy Mueseum, Torpedo Bay, Devonport, Auckland
http://navymuseum.co.nz/
Further Reference - U.S. Awards: New Zealand Naval Men. Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 52, 3 March 1943, Page 3
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19430303.2.30
Further Reference - Wikidata Entity
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5584904
Further Reference - Dan Millar and Madison Pine. The Pacific War - 75 years on. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira. First published: 10 August 2020
https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/vj-day
Further Reference - Record Book of Naval Personnel - c.1920-1945 - Lists Navy number, alphabetical list of names of ratings trained in England, numerical lists of officers. Archives New Zealand, R21346617, AAYT 8495 N12
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21346617
Further Reference
- Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
- Ngā tuhinga
- The Evening Post
- Scars on the heart: two centuries of New Zealand at war
p. 174 - Harold, Jack Nelson. Papers relating to HMNZS 'Moa' and 'Kiwi'. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 90/18.
- Haigh, J., Polaschek, A. (Eds.). (1993). New Zealand and the Distinguished Service Order. Christchurch, N.Z.: Authors.
P.380 - Information kindly provided by family
- Record Book of Naval Personnel - c.1920-1945 - Lists Navy number, alphabetical list of names of ratings trained in England, numerical lists of officers. Archives New Zealand, R21346617, AAYT 8495 N12
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