Alister Whyte Buchanan
I whānau mai i te 6 Jan 1911 - I mate atu i te 24 Dec 1943
- Nama Hōia
- NZ1304 AWMM
- WWII 1304 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Air Force AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Flight Lieutenant/Military AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force, No. 17 Squadron AWMM
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
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- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- Alister Whyte AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- Buchanan AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Nama Hōia
- NZ1304 AWMM
- WWII 1304 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
- 6 Jan 1911 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
- WW2 Wife: Mrs. P. M. Buchanan. C/- Mrs. H. J. W. Lord, Essex St, Masterton AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Married/WWII AWMM
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
- Kauhanga riri
- Pacific Theatre of War AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Air Force AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- NZ1304 AWMM
- WWII 1304 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
- Royal New Zealand Air Force, No. 17 Squadron AWMM
- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
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Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
- Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
25 Feb 1944 AWMM
Postumously mentioned in Despatches. Citation: "In recognition of distinguished service and devotion to duty". AWMM - War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
- New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM
- Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
- WW2 Royal New Zealand Air Force 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
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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
- 24 Dec 1943 AWMM Killed on Air Operations, Cause of Death AWMM
Failed to return from a mission to sweep air space over Rabual island which was attacked by Japanese aircraft. AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Flight Lieutenant/Military AWMM
Royal New Zealand Air Force, No. 17 Squadron AWMM - Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Alister Buchanan was the son of John Whyte Buchanan, and Maud Buchanan, of Masterton; husband of Patricia May Buchanan, of Masterton. AWMM
- Pilot of RNZAF P40N-1 NZ3134 - crashed during a fighter sweep by 48 allied aircraft over Rabaul on 24 December 1943.
The aircraft were attacked by enemy fighters and NZ3134 was one of 5 RNZAF P-40s which failed to return from the mission.
Flight Lieutenant Alister Buchanan killed.Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 23 October 2019 - Reference : NZDF P40 Loss Report.
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 24 Dec 1943 AWMM
Age 32 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 on Air Operations AWMM
- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
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- 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
- Bourail Memorial, Bourail New Zealand War Cemetery, New Caledonia AWMM
Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2187156
Sources Used - RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Bo - Cl. Archives New Zealand (R17845608)
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845608
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 (R17845745)
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845745
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
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
- Ngā tuhinga
- Weekly News
Weekly News, 1944 - Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
- Rudge, C. (2003). Air-to-air : the story behind the air-to-air combat claims of the RNZAF. Lyttelton, N.Z.: Adventure Air.
- RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Bo - Cl. Archives New Zealand (R17845608) - 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 Missing - United Kingdom, Airmen]. Archives New Zealand (R17845745)
- 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)
- 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,n3,p7 v5,n4,p74
- Weekly News
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