Taitara

Sir AWMM

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Edmund Percival AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Hillary AWMM

Ingoa kārangaranga

Ed Hillary AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWII NZ44808 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Pono

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Whānautanga mai

20 Jul 1919 AWMM

Mahi whai muri i te pakanga

• Bee keeper/Civilian AWMM
• Mountaineer/Civilian AWMM
• Philanthropist AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Pre 01 Apr 1945 AWMM Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

• Pacific Theatre of War AWMM
• Espiritu Santo AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Air Force AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWII NZ44808 AWMM

Urunga ki te ope taua

• Royal New Zealand Air Force, No. 6 Squadron AWMM
• Royal New Zealand Air Force, No. 5 (Flying Boat) Squadron AWMM

Mētara me ngā Tohu

• Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter (KG) AWMM
• Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE) (Civil) AWMM
• 1939-1945 Star AWMM
• Pacific Star AWMM
• New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM
• War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
• Polar Medal AWMM
• Coronation Medal ER 1953 AWMM
• Everest Medal AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Feb 1944 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM
Bee keeper/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Leading Aircraftman/Military AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  6 foot 1.5 inches AWMM
• Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
  Blue AWMM
• Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
  Dark AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Sergeant AWMM
Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM

Edmund Hillary was the son of Percival Augustus Hillary (12/1432) and Gertrude Hillary. He was one of three children and grew up on a farm at Tuakau near Auckland.

Served 1944-45 in the Pacific AWMM

Matenga

11 Jan 2008 AWMM
Age  88 AWMM

Urupā

Cremated AWMM

Pānui Matenga

Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 14 January 2008 AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

Wikidata Entity
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33817
Further Reference

Ngā tuhinga

• Who's who in New Zealand (1951-1991). Wellington, N.Z. ; Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
• Booth, P. (1993). Edmund Hillary: life of a legend. Auckland, N.Z.: Moa Beckett.
• Air Force Museum, Wigram, Christchurch, New Zealand
• The New Zealand Herald
  Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 14 January 2008
• Hillary, Edmund, 1919-2008. Sir Edmund Hillary photographs. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tamaki Paenga Hira. PH-2010-4.
• Hillary, Edmund, 1919-2008. Personal papers. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2010-1.
• Alpine Sports Club Inc. Records and papers, 1928 - 2004. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2007/45.
• Information kindly provided by family