George Nelson
I mate atu i te 2 Oct 1942
- Nama Hōia
- WWII NZ412476 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Air Force AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Sergeant (Navigator) AWMM Royal Air Force, No. 115 Squadron AWMM
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
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- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- George AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- Nelson AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Nama Hōia
- WWII NZ412476 AWMM
- Ira tangata
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Pono
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Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
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- 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
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- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
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- Uri kiritahi
- WW2 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. J. Nelson of Christchurch AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Single/WWII AWMM
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- 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
- WWII NZ412476 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
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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. 6 Air Observer School, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada AWMM
Course 1: Class 38. Graduation Date: 8/11/1941. AWMM - British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery School, MacDonald, Manitoba, Canada AWMM
- British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 1 Air Navigation School, Rivers, Manitoba, Canada AWMM
- British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 6 Air Observer School, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada AWMM
- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
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- 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 Awatea 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
- Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Sergeant (Navigator) AWMM
Royal Air Force, No. 115 Squadron AWMM - Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Son of James & Margaret Baird Nelson of Christchurch.
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 Christchurch Technical College (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845614)) AWMM
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 2 Oct 1942 AWMM
Age 21 AWMM - Rā i mate ai
- 2nd October 1942Public - Brian James - Other relative - 29 August 2024 - Foreman, John; Parry, Simon; Mathews, Johannes (2004). Luftwaffe Night Fighter Claims 1939–1945. Walton on Thames: Red Kite. ISBN 978-0-9538061-4-0.
- Pakeke i te matenga
- 21Public - Brian James - Other relative - 29 August 2024 - Airmans log Book
- Wāhi Mate
- Roughly 2 kilometres (1.2 miles) north-northeast of Haldern, Germany.Public - Brian James - Other relative - 29 August 2024 - Foreman, John; Parry, Simon; Mathews, Johannes (2004). Luftwaffe Night Fighter Claims 1939–1945. Walton on Thames: Red Kite. ISBN 978-0-9538061-4-0.
- Te momo matenga
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Aircraft crashPublic - Brian James - Other relative - 29 August 2024 - Foreman, John; Parry, Simon; Mathews, Johannes (2004). Luftwaffe Night Fighter Claims 1939–1945. Walton on Thames: Red Kite. ISBN 978-0-9538061-4-0.
- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
- Georges Nelson’s Wellington Mk III (Squadron Code KO-A serial BK271) was downed on the 2nd October 1942.
It was shot down by Night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Manfred Meurer of the Stab III./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Twente airfield in the Netherlands.Public - Brian James - Other relative - 29 August 2024 - Wikipedia - Urupā
- Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany AWMM Joint Grave 8 E 7-8 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
- Roll of Honour, Addington Railway Workshops, Ferrymead Heritage Park, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2040670
Sources Used - RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Na - Py. Archives New Zealand (R17845614)
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845614
Sources Used
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
- Ngā tuhinga
- Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
Vol. 1. p.255, Vol. 3, p.366 - 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) - Na - Py. Archives New Zealand (R17845614) - 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 - Embarkation Lists, November 1940 - July 1942. Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R17845762).
- Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
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