Dorothy Margaret Clark

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Dorothy Margaret AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Clark AWMM

Nama Hōia

• WWII W5275 AWMM
• WWII W.5275 AWMM

Ira tangata

Female AWMM

Whānautanga mai

16 Jul 1921 RNZAF Biographies (R17845608)

Uri kiritahi

• WW2 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. G. Clark of Ongarue AWMM
• WW2 Father: Mr. G. Clark, Ongarue 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

• WWII W5275 AWMM
• WWII W.5275 AWMM

Urunga ki te ope taua

Royal New Zealand Air Force, Levin AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Aircraftwoman Class 1/Military AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force, Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Died of Sickness, Cause of Death AWMM
Died at Auckland Hospital on 25 October 1943 from complications following a septic miscarriage while serving with the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Aircraftwoman Class 1/Military AWMM
Royal New Zealand Air Force, Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) AWMM

Dorothy Clark was the daughter of George Clark and of Mary Janne Clark (nee McIntyre), of Ongarue, Taranaki, New Zealand. AWMM

Matenga

25 Oct 1943 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Died of Sickness AWMM

Urupā

Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Prot. Soldiers Area D, Row 3A, Grave 30. AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

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/2919525
  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
• DEATH OF A GIRL, Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 291, 8 December 1943, Page 6
  https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19431208.2.802
  Further Reference
• Inquest Into Death Of 22-Year-old Girl; Statement by Mother, Central Hawke's Bay Press, Volume 35, Issue 281, 11 December 1943, Page 3
  https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHBP19431211.2.30
  Further Reference

Ngā tuhinga

• Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
• Mackenzie, B. (1982). The WAAF book : a scrapbook of wartime memories. Christchurch, N.Z.: Whitcoulls Publishers.
• Service Women Project: Sponsorship to research this record was kindly provided by the Auckland Returned Services Association, Returned Servicewomen's Branch; Marjorie Traill, Dorothy Grant, Daphne Shaw and Margaret Woollett.
• 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.
• Strengths, WAAF [Women's Auxiliary Air Force], Returns - December 1942 - February 1950. Archives New Zealand (R21072930)
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.