Douglas Gordon Callender

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Douglas Gordon AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Callender AWMM

Ingoa kārangaranga

Gordon Callender AWMM

Nama Hōia

• NZ401721 AWMM
• WWII 401721 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Whānautanga mai

24 Jan 1917 AWMM

Uri kiritahi

• James Royston Callender (father), Box 66, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
• WW2 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. J. R. Callender of Dunedin AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

• Single/WWII AWMM
• Pre 01 Dec 1940 AWMM Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

• Air Force AWMM
• Observer
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Nama Hōia

• NZ401721 AWMM
• WWII 401721 AWMM

Urunga ki te ope taua

RNZAF

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Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga

• Royal Air Force, No. 55 Squadron AWMM
• Sergeant (SGT)
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Whakangungu ope taua

• Levin AWMM
• Ohakea AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 1940 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM
Citrus Fruit Grower/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
Killed on air operations AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Sergeant AWMM
Royal Air Force, No. 55 Squadron AWMM

Matenga

27 May 1941 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed in Action AWMM

Urupā

El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM XII. B. 1. AWMM

Pānui Matenga

Death notice: Otago Daily Times AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Kerikeri War Memorial, RSA Clubrooms, Kerikeri AWMM
• Waitaki Boys' High School Roll of Honour WWII 1939-45 AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  Sources Used
• Air Casualties Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 139, 14 June 1941, Page 11
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19410614.2.78&srpos
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2092815
  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 (R17845744)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845744
  Sources Used

Ngā tuhinga

• The Evening Post
• Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
• Otago Daily Times
  Death notice: Otago Daily Times
• Information kindly provided by family
• 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. [(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).
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• McDonald, K. C. (1958). A history of Waitaki Boys’ High School, 1883-1958. Christchurch [N.Z.] : Whitcombe and Tombs.