John William Whitehead

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

John William AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Whitehead AWMM

Nama Hōia

• NZ411594 AWMM
• WWII 411594 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Whānautanga mai

1 May 1915 RNZAF Biographies (R17845617)

Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of John Frederick & Betsy McPherson WHITEHEAD

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 13 October 2025 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20493399/john_william-whitehead

Uri kiritahi

WW2 Parents: Mr & Mrs J. Whitehead of Kaeo, North Auckland AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Single/WWII AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Air Force AWMM

Nama Hōia

• NZ411594 AWMM
• WWII 411594 AWMM

Whakangungu ope taua

• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer, Ontario, Canada AWMM
  Course 1: Class 49 X. Graduation Date: 5/06/1942. AWMM
• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 1 Bombing and Gunnery School, Jarvis, Ontario, Canada AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Vessel was Dominion Monarch AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Sergeant AWMM
Royal New Zealand Air Force, No. 1 (Bombing and Gunnery) Squadron AWMM

John Whitehead was the son of John Frederick and Betsy McPherson Whitehead of Kaeo, Auckland, New Zealand.

Attended Kaeo School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845617)) AWMM

Matenga

18 Aug 1942 AWMM
Age  27 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Urupā

Jarvis (Knox Presbyterian Church) Cemetery, Ontario, Canada AWMM Soldier's plot. Grave 5. AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Whangaroa Memorial Hall, Leigh Street, Kaeo 0478 AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2686843
  Sources Used
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ue - Z. Archives New Zealand (R17845617)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845617
  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 (R17845748)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845748
  Sources Used

Ngā tuhinga

• 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.
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ue - Z. Archives New Zealand (R17845617) - 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 Killed - Officers (Canada, Pacific, Europe) - Airmen (Canada, India and Far East)]. Archives New Zealand (R17845748)
• 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.
  V4,n5,p57
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.