William Arthur Hoskins

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

William Arthur AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Hoskins AWMM

Nama Hōia

• NZ414627 AWMM
• WWII 414627 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Whānautanga mai

5 Nov 1917 RNZAF Biographies (R17845611)

Uri kiritahi

WW2 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. P. Hoskins. 54 Mangawhau Rd, Epsom, Auckland. AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Single/WWII AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

• Europe (Air) AWMM
• Europe (Air) AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Air Force AWMM

Nama Hōia

• NZ414627 AWMM
• WWII 414627 AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Pilot Officer AWMM
Royal Air Force, No. 11 Operational Training Unit, Westcott AWMM

Son of Paul & Rosa Hoskins of Auckland

In 1998 Adriaan de Winter and Ton van Alphen undertook a project in the Reichswald Forest Cemetery photographing all the headstones of New Zealanders buried there.

Attended Auckland Grammar School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845611)) AWMM

Matenga

16 Sept 1942 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed in Action AWMM

Urupā

Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany AWMM 11 F 11 AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

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/2055608
  Sources Used
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ha - Hy. Archives New Zealand (R17845611)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845611
  Sources Used
• Archive Loss Report:
  http://www.aircrewremembered.com/hoskins-william-arthur.html
  Public - Kelvin - Researcher - 12 November 2021 - http://www.aircrewremembered.com/hoskins-william-arthur.html

Ngā tuhinga

• Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ha - Hy. Archives New Zealand (R17845611) - 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.
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.