Leonard Arthur Townrow
I whānau mai i te 20 Aug 1920 - I mate atu i te 24 Apr 1944
- Nama Hōia
- NZ415041 AWMM
- WWII 415041 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
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- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- Leonard Arthur AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- Townrow AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Nama Hōia
- NZ415041 AWMM
- WWII 415041 AWMM
- Ira tangata
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Pono
- Presbyterian, Christian AWMM
Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- 20 Aug 1920 AWMM
- 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
- Mrs R. Townrow (mother), C/o Public Trust, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
- WW2 Parents: Mr & Mrs W. H. Townrow of Otaki AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Single/WWII AWMM
- Pre 1941 AWMM Single AWMM
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
- Kauhanga riri
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- Nama Hōia
- NZ415041 AWMM
- WWII 415041 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
- 1st Southland Regiment AWMM
- Royal New Zealand Air Force attached to Royal Canadian Air Force AWMM
- British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 3 Service Flying Training School, Calgary, Alberta, Canada AWMM
Course 1: Class 2E SQ. Graduation Date: 24/04/1942. AWMM
- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
- Royal Air Force, No. 100 Squadron AWMM
Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
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Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
- WW2 1940 AWMM
Age 18 AWMM
Sales Person/Civilian AWMM - 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 Mariposa AWMM Leading Aircraftman/Military AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force, No. 1 Elementary Flying Training School, Taieri AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM
Mauhere o te pakanga
- Kia mau ki ngā taipitopito
- WW2
27 May 1943 AWMM - WW2
- WW2 POW - Unknown Prisoner of War Camp AWMM
Friesland, Holland AWMM
- WW2
- 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
- Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
Critically wounded with internal Injuries 1943 AWMM - Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of injuries whilst a Prisoner of War AWMM - 24 Apr 1944 AWMM Other, WWII AWMM
Captured. AWMM
- Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Flight Sergeant/Military AWMM
- No. 1 Group, Bomber Command AWMM Royal Air Force, No. 100 Squadron AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Leonard Townrow was the son of Mr W.H. Townrow, the Schoolhouse, Outram, New Zealand.
He joined the army in 1940, but transferred to RNZAF in 1941.
Went to Canada on Empire Air Training Scheme.
Next of kin details compiled from information in the Casualty lists published in the newspapers.
Attended Dunedin Technical College (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845616))
484 hours as Pilot (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845616)) AWMM
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 24 Apr 1944 AWMM
Age 24 AWMM - Rā i mate ai
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- Pakeke i te matenga
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- Wāhi Mate
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- Te momo matenga
- Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM
- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
- Leeuwarden Northern General Cemetery, Friesland, Netherlands AWMM Row 1. Grave 5. AWMM
- Ingoa o te urupā
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- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
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- Pānui Matenga
- Death Notice: Otago Daily Times AWMM
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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- Tohutoro maumaharatanga
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Maumaharatanga
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
Sources Used - Naval Casualties. Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 126, 24 November 1941, Page 9
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19411124.2.73&srpos
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2649304
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 (R17845744)
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845744
Sources Used
- Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
- Ngā tuhinga
- Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
- The Evening Post
- Chorley, W. (1996). Royal Air Force Bomber Command losses of the Second World War: Aircraft and crew losses 1943 (Vol. 4). Leicester, England: Midland Counties Publications.
Vol. 4 Aircraft and Crew Losses 1943. - Otago Daily Times
Death Notice - 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
- Deaths While Prisoner of War - Navy, Army, Air Force and Civilians [WW2 NZ POW Deaths], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393 Box 1 (R25405152).
- RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Sm- Ty. Archives New Zealand (R17845616) - 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. [(New Zealanders Attached to R.A.F. [Royal Air Force]) (Officers), (Europe) - Airmen]. Archives New Zealand (R17845744)
- List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - Embarkation Lists, November 1940 - July 1942. Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R17845762).
- Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
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