Warwick St George Ruxton Wilson

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Warwick St George Ruxton AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Wilson AWMM

Ingoa kārangaranga

Pete AWMM

Nama Hōia

NZ404438 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Pono

Anglican, Christian AWMM

Whānautanga mai

1 Mar 1917 AWMM

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Pre 30 Oct 1939 AWMM 112 Remuera Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

• Mr Warwick Wilson, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• WW2 Parents: Mr & Mrs W. S. R. Wilson, 112 Remuera Road, Auckland AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

• Single/WWII AWMM
• Pre 01 May 1941 AWMM Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

France and Germany (TBC) AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Air Force AWMM

Nama Hōia

NZ404438 AWMM

Urunga ki te ope taua

Operational Unit, Bassingbourne, Herts AWMM

Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga

Royal Air Force, No. 57 Squadron AWMM

Mētara me ngā Tohu

• 1939-1945 Star AWMM
• Air Crew Europe Star AWMM
• War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
• New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 30 Oct 1939 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM
Law student/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Sergeant (Pilot) AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 feet 8 inches AWMM
• Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Flight Sergeant (Pilot)/Military AWMM

Warwick Ruxton was the son of Warwick and Merthyr-Tydvil Wilson, of Auckland, New Zealand.

Attended Kings College, where he was a member of Town House from 1930-33.

He attended Auckland University College as a law student.

Trained in Wellington Bombers, did sweeps over the North Sea, Germany and also the occupied French coast.

Attended King's College, Auckland (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845617))

382 hours as Pilot (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845617)) AWMM

Matenga

18 Apr 1942 AWMM
Age  25 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed in Action AWMM

Urupā

Kiel War Cemetery, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany AWMM 1. A. 5 AWMM

Pānui Matenga

NZ Herald 5 May 1942 (reported missing) AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• King's College Golf Ave, Otahuhu, Auckland 1062 AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Tangata Ope Tauā

Hononga ki waho

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2356963
  Sources Used
• Pine, Madison. Ian Lewis Ruxton Wilson. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira. First published: 3 September 2019
  https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/ian-wilson
  Further Reference
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ue - Z. Archives New Zealand (R17845617)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845617
  Sources Used

Ngā tuhinga

• New Zealand Memories
  New Zealand Memories Issue 68 October/November 2007 pp60-61
• Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
• The New Zealand Herald
  NZ Herald 5 May 1942 (reported missing)
• Information kindly provided by family
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ue - Z. Archives New Zealand (R17845617) - 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.
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.