Leslie Norman Buttimore

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Leslie Norman AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Buttimore AWMM

Nama Hōia

• NZ417194 AWMM
• WWII 417194 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Whānautanga mai

5 Jun 1920 RNZAF Biographies (R17845608)

Uri kiritahi

• Edward John and Elsie May Buttimore (parents), Cambridge, New Zealand AWMM
• WW2 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. E. Buttimore of Cambridge AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Single/WWII AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Air Force AWMM

Nama Hōia

• NZ417194 AWMM
• WWII 417194 AWMM

Whakangungu ope taua

• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 3 Wireless School, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada AWMM
  Course 1: Class 39B. Graduation Date: 26/10/1942. AWMM
• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 8 Bombing and Gunnery School, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada AWMM
• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 32 Operational Training Unit, Patricia Bay, British Columbia, Canada AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 28 Dec 1941 AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Vessel was Bloemfontein AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Flying Officer (Wireless Operator / Air Gunner)/Military AWMM
Royal Air Force, No. 1 Torpedo Training Unit AWMM

Son of Edward John and Elsie May Buttimore of Cambridge, Auckland, New Zealand.

Attended Cambridge School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845608)). AWMM

Matenga

7 Aug 1943 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Urupā

Dunure Cemetery, Ayrshire, Scotland AWMM Sec. E. (White) Grave 293. AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Cambridge Cenotaph, Victoria St, Cambridge 3434 AWMM
• Cambridge World War Two War Memorials 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/2455537
  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 (R17845748)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845748
  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) - 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 Killed - Officers (Canada, Pacific, Europe) - Airmen (Canada, India and Far East)]. Archives New Zealand (R17845748)
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.