George William Sharman

Taitara

mr

Public - les howard - Other Relative - 25 April 2015 - family collection

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

George William AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Sharman AWMM

Nama Hōia

• NZ412746 AWMM
• WWII 412746 AWMM

Ira tangata

• Male AWMM
• male
  Public - les howard - Other Relative - 25 April 2015 - family papers

Whānautanga mai

23 Feb 1915 RNZAF Biographies (R17845615)

Uri kiritahi

• George Edward Sharman (father), Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• WW2 Father: Mr. G. E. SHarman. 15 Massey Street, Newtown, New Plymouth AWMM
• WW2 Father: Mr. G. E. Sharman of New Plymouth 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

• NZ412746 AWMM
• WWII 412746 AWMM

Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga

Royal Air Force, No. 75 (NZ) Squadron AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Sergeant (Pilot) AWMM
Royal Air Force, No. 75 (NZ) Squadron AWMM

Son of George Edward and Ada Helen Sharman (nee Carseldine), Whangarei, New Zealand

There is a reference to the loss of George Sharman and the rest of the crew in the diary of Sergeant Pilot Raymond Herbert John Broady (NZ39691). [Ref. MS 883]

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 Whangarei District High School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845615)) AWMM

Matenga

7 Sept 1942 AWMM
Age  27 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed in Action AWMM

Urupā

Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany AWMM 16 F 12 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/2041822
  Sources Used
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Qu - Sl. Archives New Zealand (R17845615)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845615
  Sources Used
• Archive Report:
  http://www.aircrewremembered.com/sharman-george-william.html
  Public - Kelvin - Researcher - 3 October 2021 - http://www.aircrewremembered.com/sharman-george-william.html

Ngā tuhinga

• 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)
  AWMM Broady, Raymond Herbert John. Papers, 1911 - 1942. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 883.
• 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) - Qu - Sl. Archives New Zealand (R17845615) - 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 - 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.