Mason Irvine Elliott

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Mason Irvine AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Elliott AWMM

Nama Hōia

• NZ416102 AWMM
• WWII 416102 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Whānautanga mai

5 Oct 1914 RNZAF Biographies (R17845610)

Uri kiritahi

• WW2 Wife:Mrs Katherine. A. Elliott of Roseneath AWMM
• WW2 Sister: Mrs M. E. Watkinson of Auckland AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

• Married/WWII AWMM
• Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Air Force AWMM

Nama Hōia

• NZ416102 AWMM
• WWII 416102 AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed in Air Accident, Cause of Death AWMM
Killed in an aircraft accident AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Pilot Officer AWMM
Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM

Mason Elliott was the son of Henry Irvine Elliott, and of Katherine Sarah Elliott (nee Linkhorn), of Auckland, New Zealand; husband of Katherine Ann Elliott, of New Plymouth, Taranaki.

Attended Seddon Memorial School

Attended Seddon Memorial Technical College (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845610)) AWMM

Matenga

23 Aug 1942 AWMM
Age  28 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed in Air Accident AWMM

Urupā

Waikaraka Cemetery, 1 Alfred Street, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Area 2, Block L, Grave 61B. 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
• Missing plane. Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 49, 26 August 1942, Page 3
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19420826.2.19&srpos
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2920335
  Sources Used
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ea - Gw. ARchives New Zealand (R17845610)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845610
  Sources Used

Ngā tuhinga

• The Evening Post
• Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ea - Gw. Archives New Zealand (R17845610) - 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.
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.