Owen Kendrick Whyman

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Owen Kendrick AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Whyman AWMM

Nama Hōia

• NZ413294 AWMM
• WWII 413294 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Whānautanga mai

19 Sept 1915 RNZAF Biographies (R17845617)

Uri kiritahi

• Mrs Josephine Whyman (mother), George Street, Te Puke, New Zealand AWMM
• WW2 Mother: Mrs J. Whyman, George street, Te Puke, Bay of Plenty AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Single/WWII AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

• Europe (Air) AWMM
• Europe (Air) AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Air Force AWMM

Nama Hōia

• NZ413294 AWMM
• WWII 413294 AWMM

Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga

Royal Air Force, No. 12 Squadron AWMM

Whakangungu ope taua

• Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM
• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 9 Service Flying Training School, Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Canada AWMM
  Course 1: Class 53. Graduation Date: 3/07/1942. AWMM
• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 9 Service Flying Training School, Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Canada AWMM
  Course 1: Graduation Date: 6/11/1942. AWMM
• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 4 Bombing and Gunnery School, Fingal, Ontario, Canada AWMM
• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 8 Air Observer School, Ancienne Lorette, Quebec, Canada AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Vessel was Warwick Castle AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

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

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Flight Sergeant/Military AWMM
Royal Air Force, No. 12 Squadron AWMM

Owen Whyman was the son of Cuthbert Sydney and Josephine Whyman of Te Puke, New Zealand.

Next of kin details compiled from information in the Casualty lists published in the newspapers.

Attended Te Puke School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845617))

360 hours as air bomber (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845617)) AWMM

Matenga

12 Jun 1943 AWMM
Age  27 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed in Action AWMM

Urupā

Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery, Noord-Holland, Netherlands AWMM Plot 69 Row C Collective Grave 18 AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories 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
• Roll of Honour. Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 22, 26 July 1943, Page 4
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19430726.2.25&srpos
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2619747
  Sources Used
• 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
• Archive Report:
  http://www.aircrewremembered.com/doel-alfred-william.html
  Public - Kelvin - Researcher - 8 October 2021 - http://www.aircrewremembered.com/doel-alfred-william.html

Ngā tuhinga

• The Evening Post
• The New Zealand Herald
  New Zealand Herald 26 June 1943
• 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) - 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.