Norman Bruce

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Norman AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Bruce AWMM

Nama Hōia

• NZ411854 AWMM
• WWII 411854 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Whānautanga mai

6 Sept 1914 RNZAF Biographies (R17845608)

Uri kiritahi

• Mrs D. M. Bruce (wife), Hull, England AWMM
• WW2 Father: Mr. E. Bruce. Main Auckland Highway, Rotorua AWMM
• WW2 Mr. & Mrs. E. Bruce of Rotorua AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

• Single/WWII AWMM
• Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

• West Africa (Air Force) AWMM
• Italy AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Air Force AWMM

Nama Hōia

• NZ411854 AWMM
• WWII 411854 AWMM

Whakangungu ope taua

British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 6 Service Flying Training School, Dunnville, Ontario, Canada AWMM
Course 1: Class 36. Graduation Date: 5/12/1941. AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 1941 AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Vessel was Dominion Monarch AWMM Royal Air Force, No. 154 Squadron AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
Killed on air operations AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Sergeant AWMM
Royal Air Force, No. 154 Squadron AWMM

Norman Bruce was the son of Edward and Alice Ellen Bruce of Rotorua. He was the husband of Dorothy Bruce.

Educated at Feilding Agricultural High School, topping his agricultural course.

Attended Fielding Agricultural High School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845608)). AWMM

Matenga

12 Nov 1942 AWMM
Age  28 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed in Action AWMM

Pānui Matenga

Obituary: Feilding Agricultural High School War Memorial volume. (1948). p.34. AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Malta Memorial, Malta AWMM
• Rotorua Citizens War Memorial (World War 2) AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories 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/1081562
  Sources Used
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Bo - Cl. Archives New Zealand (R17845608)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845608
  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 (R17845747)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845747
  Sources Used

Ngā tuhinga

• Feilding Agricultural High School War Memorial volume. (1948). Feilding, N.Z.: Feilding Agricultural High School (N.Z.). Old Pupils' Association.
• Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
• Feilding Agricultural High School War Memorial volume. (1948). Feilding, N.Z.: Feilding Agricultural High School (N.Z.). Old Pupils' Association.
  Portrait p.17.
• Feilding Agricultural High School War Memorial volume. (1948). Feilding, N.Z.: Feilding Agricultural High School (N.Z.). Old Pupils' Association.
  Obituary: p.34.
• 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) - Bo - Cl. Archives New Zealand (R17845608) - Former archives reference: AIR118
• List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. [Missing - But Presumed Dead on Lapse of Time - Officers, Airmen]. Archives New Zealand (R17845743)
• 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]. Archives New Zealand (R17845747)
• List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - Embarkation Lists, November 1940 - July 1942. Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R17845762).
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.