Ernest Albert James Holdaway
I whānau mai i te 8 Jan 1918 - I mate atu i te 14 Jan 2012
- Nama Hōia
- WWII NZ405761 AWMM
- WWII J131476 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
- Jim AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Air Force AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- WW2 Flight Lieutenant/Military AWMM
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- 8 Jan 1918 AWMM
- 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
- Farmer/Civilian AWMM
- Local Government/Civilian AWMM
- Advisory Agencies AWMM
- Uri kiritahi
- WW2 Mr H.R. Holdaway (father), Old Parua Bay Road, Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Pre 1941 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
- Kauhanga riri
- North Africa AWMM
- Europe (Air) AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Air Force AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- WWII NZ405761 AWMM
- WWII J131476 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
- Royal New Zealand Air Force attached to Royal Canadian Air Force AWMM
- Royal New Zealand Air Force attached to Royal Air Force AWMM
- Royal Air Force, No. 37 Squadron AWMM
- Royal Air Force, No. 11 Operational Training Unit AWMM
- Royal Air Force, No. 139 Squadron AWMM
- British Overseas Airways Corporation AWMM
- Royal Air Force, No. 139 Squadron AWMM
- Royal Air Force, No. 37 Squadron AWMM
- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
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Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
- Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) AWMM
- Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) AWMM
OBE. 1982 for services to local body and community affairs AWMM - Distinguished Flying Cross and bar (DFC*) AWMM
DFC. Bombing the Port of Tobruk 23/24 July 1942; DFC Bar. Citation: Bombing a chemical works at Ludwigshaven as Master Bomber 28 May 1944 AWMM - 1939-1945 Star AWMM
- Air Crew Europe Star AWMM
- Africa Star AWMM
- Defence Medal AWMM
- War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
- New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM
- New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal AWMM
- Pathfinder Force BadgePublic - Antonio - Researcher - 23 September 2025 - By Such Deeds, p.255: Hanson
Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
- Empire Air Training Scheme, Canada AWMM
- British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 12 Service Flying Training School, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada AWMM
Course 1: Class 61. Graduation Date: 8/08/1941. AWMM
- Branch Trade Proficiency
- PilotPublic - Antonio - Researcher - 23 September 2025 - By Such Deeds, p.255: Hanson
- Te urunga
- WW2 22 Dec 1940 AWMM
Age 22 AWMM
Storeman/Civilian AWMM - 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 Vessel was Awatea AWMM Aircraftman/Military AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force, No. 4 Elementary Flight Training School, Whenuapai AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force 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
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
6 feet AWMM - Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
Blue AWMM
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- WW2 22 Oct 1946 AWMM
End of war AWMM
Flight Lieutenant/Military AWMM - Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- RAFO 14 June 50 to 8 January 1973. Empire Air Training Scheme, Canada. RCAF, 12 Service Flying Training School, Brandon, Manitoba Base Record. Course 1: Class 61. Graduation Date: 8/08/1941.
Son of Mr H.R. and Mrs A. Holdaway, Old Parua Bay Road, Whangarei.
He married Ann Mellersh of Godalming, Surrey. They had three children.
After the war he led a public life in Local Government and with Government Advisory Agencies
He was awarded the New Zealand 1999 Commemoration Medal for services to Conservation, and OBE 1982 for services to local body and community affairs.
Justice of the Peace.
Cenotaph record initially prepared with the serviceman in 2008. AWMM
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 14 Jan 2012 AWMM
Age 94 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
- Cremated at North Shore Memorial Park and Crematorium (Schnapper Rock), Albany, North Shore City, New Zealand AWMM
- Ingoa o te urupā
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- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
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- Pānui Matenga
- Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 16 and 17 January 2012
Obituary: New Zealand Herald, 21 January 2012 (photo) AWMM - Ingoa maumaharatanga
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- Tohutoro maumaharatanga
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Maumaharatanga
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- Thompson, H. (1959). New Zealanders with the Royal Air Force (Vol III). Wellington: Dept of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital Copy
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-3RAF.html
Sources Used - Ngā tuhinga
- Information kindly provided by family
Cenotaph data entry form - Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
- Hanson, C. (2001). By such deeds: honours and awards in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, 1923-1999. Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
p. 255-256 - Thompson, H. (1956). New Zealanders with the Royal Air Force (Vols. 1-3). Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
Vol. 2, p. 252; Vol. 3 pp. 593, ref. 59). - The New Zealand Herald
Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 16 and 17 January 2012 - The New Zealand Herald
Obituary: New Zealand Herald, 21 January 2012 (photo) - 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.
- Cenotaph record initially prepared with the service person.
- 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.
V2,n5,p12 v6,n1,p60 - RAF Bomber Command Association (NZ). (1993). Membership listing by squadron [Membership list]. Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira.
- Information kindly provided by family
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