Willie Lee

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Willie AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Lee AWMM

Nama Hōia

• NZ416123 AWMM
• WWII 416123 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Whānautanga mai

12 Jan 1914 AWMM

Uri kiritahi

• Mrs Wong Lee (mother), 386 Karangahape Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• WW2 Mother: Mrs. Wong See of Auckalnd AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

• Single/WWII AWMM
• Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Air Force AWMM

Nama Hōia

• NZ416123 AWMM
• WWII 416123 AWMM

Urunga ki te ope taua

Royal Air Force, No. 61 Operational Training Unit (OTU) (Spitfire)

Public - Antonio - Researcher - 16 April 2026 - For Your Tomorrow, v.1 p.147: Martyn

Whakangungu ope taua

• Royal New Zealand Air Force, Initial Training Wing, Levin AWMM
• Royal New Zealand Air Force, No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School, Woodbourne AWMM
• Royal New Zealand Air Force, No. 2 Service Flying Training School AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 02 Dec 1940 AWMM Fruit grower's assistant/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Pilot Officer (Pilot) AWMM
Royal Air Force, No. 61 Operational Training Unit AWMM

Matenga

14 Nov 1942 AWMM
Age  28 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Urupā

Oswestry General Cemetery, Shropshire, England AWMM Sec. T. Grave 10. AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Tangata Ope Tauā

Hononga ki waho

• Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  Sources Used
• Chinese in New Zealand. Dinkum aliens: they also served. Dr Manying Ip
  http://web.archive.org/web/20100604070650/http://www.stevenyoung.co.nz/The-Chinese-in-New-Zealand/Other-articles/Dinkum-Aliens.html
  Further Reference
• Air casualties. Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 124, 21 November 1942, Page 9
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19421121.2.94&srpos
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2711705
  Sources Used
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ib - Ly. Archives New Zealand (R17845612)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845612
  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
• http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19370821.2.34&srpos=1&e=------
  Public - Helen - Researcher - 30 May 2015 - newspaper article

Ngā tuhinga

• The New Zealand Herald
  New Zealand Herald 5 April 1997 "Forgotten Fighting Forces"
• Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ib - Ly. Archives New Zealand (R17845612) - 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).