Robert Bailey
I whānau mai i te 11 Sept 1923 - I mate atu i te 23 Apr 1944
- Nama Hōia
- WWII NZ429072 AWMM
- WWII 429072 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Air Force AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Flight Sergeant (Air Bomber)/Military AWMM Royal Air Force, No. 75 (NZ) Squadron AWMM
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
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- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- Robert AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- Bailey AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Nama Hōia
- WWII NZ429072 AWMM
- WWII 429072 AWMM
- Ira tangata
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Pono
- Church of England, Christian AWMM
- Methodist, Christian AWMM
Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- 11 Sept 1923 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
- Pre 15 Oct 1941 AWMM 33 Koraha Street, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
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- Uri kiritahi
- Mrs Inez Freeman (mother), 33 Koraha Street, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- WW2 Mother: Mrs I. Freeman, 33 Koraha Street, Remuera, Auckland AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Single/WWII AWMM
- Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
- Kauhanga riri
- Europe (Air) AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Air Force AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- WWII NZ429072 AWMM
- WWII 429072 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
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- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
- Royal Air Force, No. 75 (NZ) Squadron AWMM
Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
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Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
- British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 7 Bombing and Gunnery School, Paulson, Manitoba, Canada AWMM
Course 1: Graduation Date: 11/06/1943. AWMM - British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 1 Air Observer School, Malton, Ontario, Canada AWMM
- British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 7 Bombing and Gunnery School, Paulson, Manitoba, Canada AWMM
- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
- WW2 15 Oct 1941 AWMM
Age 18 AWMM
Lithographer/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 Bloemfontein 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
5 feet 8 3/4 inches AWMM - Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
Fair AWMM - Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
Grey AWMM - Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
Fair AWMM - Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Flight Sergeant (Air Bomber)/Military AWMM
Royal Air Force, No. 75 (NZ) Squadron AWMM - Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Son of Inez Freeman (formerly Bailey) and stepson of James Freeman, of Remuera, Auckland. Next of kin listed as Mrs J. Freeman, Remuera
Entered Papakura Camp on 20 March 1942.
65th Battery, 15th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Narrow Neck, 15 April 1942.
Transferred to 22nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Narrow Neck, 18 May 1942.
Posted to 98th Battery, Whenuapai, 21 May 1942.
Transferred to Area pool for posting to RNZAF Air Defence Unit, Rukuhia, 31 July 1942.
Enlisted in RNZAF, Rukuhia, on 5 August 1942.
Bailey and his entire crew, which included fellow New Zealanders, Mauson Lammas (pilot) and Douglas William Vaughan (navigator), were killed when their Stirling bomber was shot down by German night fighters over Denmark on 23 April 1944. In April, 1994, the people of Taasinge unveiled a 50th Anniversary Memorial Stone at Vemmenaes, near where the Stirling bomber crashed, to commemorate the seven airmen killed.
The Auckland Museum manuscripts collection holds papers (letters, newspaper articles, photographs, service record) relating to Flight Sergeant Bailey's war service (MS 2006/25).
Attended Northcote Intermediate High School, the Oakleigh State School and Melbourne High School, Victoria, Australia (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845607))
22 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, New Zealand Territorials. 303 hours as air bomber (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845607)) AWMM
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 23 Apr 1944 AWMM
Age 20 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
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
- Aabenraa Cemetery, Denmark AWMM Allied Military Plot, Row 4, Grave 6 AWMM
- 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
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
- Albany Memorial Library, Auckland AWMM
Mea e whai hononga ai
Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2270702
Sources Used - RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ab - B. Archives New Zealand (R17845607).
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845607
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 (R17845745)
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845745
Sources Used
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
- Ngā tuhinga
- The Weekly News
The Weekly News 1944 - Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
- Bailey, Andrew Robert. Papers relating to war service of Flight Sergeant Robert Bailey, 75 Squadron, RNZAF, 1942 - 1994. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2006/25.
- Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
- 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.
- Information kindly provided by family
- RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ab - B. Archives New Zealand (R17845607) - 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 Missing - United Kingdom, Airmen]. Archives New Zealand (R17845745)
- The Weekly News
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