John Thomas Blease
I whānau mai i te 18 Nov 1917 - I mate atu i te 11 Jul 1942
- Nama Hōia
- NZ405221 AWMM
- WWII 405221 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Air Force AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Flying Officer/Military AWMM Royal Air Force, No. 97 Squadron AWMM
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
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- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- John Thomas AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- Blease AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Nama Hōia
- NZ405221 AWMM
- WWII 405221 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
- 18 Nov 1917 RNZAF Biographies (R17845607)
- 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. J. Blease, 379 Worcester Street, 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
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Air Force AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- NZ405221 AWMM
- WWII 405221 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
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- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
- Royal Air Force, No. 97 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
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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 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
- Flying Officer/Military AWMM
Royal Air Force, No. 97 Squadron AWMM - Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- John Blease was the son of John Joseph Blease and of Iris Olive Blease (nee Stewart), of Christchurch, New Zealand.
John Blease attended Christchurch Boy's High School from 1931 to 1933.
Attended Christchurch Boys' High School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845607))
398 hours as Pilot (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845607)) AWMM - I heard testimony from Mr Robert Batterby November 2016.
I subsequently found a report of the loss of Pilot Blease, his crew, and his plane from the squadron records on the RNAAF pages.
Welsl next the sea has a shorline with large areas of marsh. As a small boy in 1942 Bob batterby was out on the. marses with friends and found the body opf John Blease.
Mr Frary a local fish merchant came to the aid of the boys , and secured the body so that it would not float with the tide, whilst he went to fetch the police.
Bob Batterby has visted teh grave and laid flowers ever since, he is now 86 years old and wished me to ensure that others knew the story, the John Blease would not be forgotten.
He had a sweetheart called Doris Ampthill who worked at the Lincolnshire airbase, she grieved for him throughout her life and left one million pounds to purchase a lifeboat for Wells next teh Sea, in honour of teh boat and crew that went out on 14 July 1942 to tray to assist her beloved.
To date the RNLI lifeboat is named the "Doris Ampthill.Public - Catherine - Self - 18 September 2017 - Personal Testimony. Robert Batterby, retired Gamekeeper Wells next the Sea Norfolk England
Aged 86 in 2017.
- John Blease was the son of John Joseph Blease and of Iris Olive Blease (nee Stewart), of Christchurch, New Zealand.
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 11 Jul 1942 AWMM
Age 25 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 in Action AWMM
- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
- Great Bircham (St Mary) Churchyard, Norfolk, England AWMM Plot 1. Row 3. Grave 5. 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
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Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2763644
Sources Used - RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ab - B. Archives New Zealand (R17845607).
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845607
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 (R17845748)
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845748
Sources Used
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
- 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) - Ab - B. Archives New Zealand (R17845607) - 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. [List of Killed - Officers (Canada, Pacific, Europe) - Airmen (Canada, India and Far East)]. Archives New Zealand (R17845748)
- List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - Embarkation Lists, November 1940 - July 1942. Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R17845762).
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