Robert Jack Thornton

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Robert Jack AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Thornton AWMM

Nama Hōia

• NZ412612 AWMM
• WWII 412612 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Whānautanga mai

18 Jul 1922 RNZAF Biographies (R17845616)

Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of Harry and Edith Thornton, of Masterton, Wellington

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Uri kiritahi

• WW2 Wife: Mrs V. Thornton of Douglas, Isle of Man AWMM
• WW2 Mother: Mrs E. Thornton, Cabin Tea Rooms, Rotorua AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

• Married/WWII AWMM
• Husband of Vera Thornton, of Douglas, Isle of Man.
  Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 13 June 2024 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/robert-jack-thornton

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

• NZ412612 AWMM
• WWII 412612 AWMM

Urunga ki te ope taua

British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 4 Service Flying Training Schools, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada AWMM
Course 1: Class 42. Graduation Date: 27/02/1942. AWMM

Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga

Royal Air Force, No. 514 Squadron AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Vessel was Mariposa AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Pilot Officer AWMM
Royal Air Force, No. 514 Squadron AWMM

Robert Thornton was the son of Harry and Edith Thornton, of Masterton, New Zealand; husband of Vera Thornton, of Douglas, Isle of Man.

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 Masterton Technical School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845616)) AWMM

Matenga

11 Sept 1944 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Urupā

Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany AWMM 28 E AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• 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/2046451
  Sources Used
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Sm- Ty. Archives New Zealand (R17845616)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845616
  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

• Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
• 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) - Sm- Ty. Archives New Zealand (R17845616) - 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).
• Royal New Zealand Air Force. (1941–1945). Contact: National magazine of the R.N.Z.A.F.; the official organ of the Air Force Association (Inc.). Levin, New Zealand: Royal New Zealand Air Force.
  V1,n4,p37
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.