Carlyle Gray Everiss
I whānau mai i te 3 Dec 1914 - I mate atu i te 2 Oct 1941
- Nama Hōia
- NZ41318 AWMM
- WWII 41318 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Air Force AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Pilot Officer AWMM Royal Air Force, No. 58 Operational Training Unit AWMM
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
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- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- Carlyle Gray AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- Everiss AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Nama Hōia
- NZ41318 AWMM
- WWII 41318 AWMM
- Ira tangata
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Pono
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Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- 3 Dec 1914 RNZAF Biographies (R17845610)
- Rā i whānau mai ai
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- Wāhi Whānau
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- Tuhinga mō te whānautanga
- Son of Frederick & Murielle EVERISSPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 5 March 2024 - NZ BDM Birth records
- Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga
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- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
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- Uri kiritahi
- WW2 Wife:Mrs P. E. Everiss of Te Kuiti AWMM
- WW2 Mother:Mrs F. Everiss of Hamilton AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Married/WWII AWMM
- 1941 Carlyle Gray EVERISS married Phyllis Elizabeth FERRISPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 5 March 2024 - NZ BDM Marriage records
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
- Kauhanga riri
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Air Force AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- NZ41318 AWMM
- WWII 41318 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
- British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 32 Service Flying Training School, Moosejaw, Saskatchewan, Canada AWMM
Course 1: Class 19. Graduation Date: 8/08/1941. AWMM - Royal Air Force, No. 58 Operational Training Unit (OTU) (Spitfire)Public - Antonio - Researcher - 15 April 2026 - https://aircrewremembered.com/everiss-carlyle.html
- British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 32 Service Flying Training School, Moosejaw, Saskatchewan, Canada AWMM
- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
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Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
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- Pakeke i te whakaurunga
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- Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka
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Te maha o ngā ekenga waka
- Taipitopito ekenga waka
- WW2 Vessel was Awatea AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM
Mauhere o te pakanga
- Kia mau ki ngā taipitopito
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- Ngā rā i mauherehia ai
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- Rā i puta ai
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- Ngā kōrero mō te puta i te mauhere pakanga
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- Te rā i whakahokia atu ngā hōia i mauherehia ai
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- Nama motuhake mō te mauhere pakanga
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Whakapapa hauora
- Tuhinga hauora
- Killed in Air Accident, Cause of Death AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Pilot Officer AWMM
Royal Air Force, No. 58 Operational Training Unit AWMM - Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Son of Frederick Everiss and Murielle Octavia Everiss (nee Gray) of Auckland
Husband of Phyllis Elizabeth Everiss of Te Kuiti
Attended Seddon Memorial Technical College (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845610)) AWMM - In May 2007 the residents of the Scottish village of Cowie gathered to unveil a memorial to Pilot Officer Carlyle Everiss – a New Zealand fighter pilot whose heroic actions saved the lives of many villagers during the Second World War.
Carlyle Gray Everiss was born in Gisborne on 3 December 1914. Following the outbreak of the Second World War he enlisted in the Royal New Zealand Air Force and began pilot training in January 1941. After gaining his pilot’s wings in Canada, Everiss was sent to the United Kingdom and posted to No. 58 Operational Training Unit at Grangemouth, beside the Firth of Forth in central Scotland.
Everiss and another pilot were returning from an air combat exercise on 2 October 1941 when the engine of his Spitfire stalled over the mining village of Cowie, about 10 km from Grangemouth. With his crippled plane heading straight for a tightly packed row of houses, Everiss refused to bail out and made a desperate attempt to gain altitude. While he managed to clear the village his plane was thrown into an uncontrollable tailspin and crashed into a railway siding at a nearby coal mine. Villagers pulled Everiss from the burning wreckage but the young pilot died shortly afterwards and was buried in Grangemouth (Grandsable) Cemetery.
Despite his hero status in Cowie, little was known about Everiss until local resident John Craig travelled to New Zealand in 1979 and tracked down his brother-in-law. He lent Craig a photograph of Pilot Officer Everiss in uniform and a painting was commissioned based on this picture. The portrait, entitled ‘Carlyle Everiss – the face of courage’, was hung in the clubrooms of the Cowie Bowling Club, near the crash site.
On 19 May 2007 a memorial commemorating the young pilot’s sacrifice was unveiled in Cowie. The bronze bust of Everiss was erected atop a rock plinth after £12,000 was raised by local residents.Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 5 March 2024 - https://nzhistory.govt.nz/page/nz-pilot-saves-scottish-village
- Son of Frederick Everiss and Murielle Octavia Everiss (nee Gray) of Auckland
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 2 Oct 1941 AWMM
Age 27 AWMM - Rā i mate ai
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- Pakeke i te matenga
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- Wāhi Mate
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- Te momo matenga
- Killed in Air Accident AWMM
- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
- Grangemouth (Grandsable) Cemetery, Stirlingshire, Scotland AWMM Section 1 Grave 19 AWMM
- Ingoa o te urupā
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- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
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- Pānui Matenga
- EVERISS. -On October 7, 1941, result of an Aircraft accident in England, N.Z. 41318 Pilot Officer Carlyle Gray Everiss, dearly-beloved husband of Phyllis Everiss, of Te Kuiti. and beloved only son of Mrs. M. Everiss, of Hamilton; aged 26 years.
EVER! SS. — Pilot-Officer Carlyle Gray, Killed in England. air accident, only son of Merille 0. Everiss, Queen's Avenue, Hamilton and the late Fred Everiss, late of Gisborne and loved brother of Mrs. C. E. Hammond and Mrs. F W Pelchell, both of Raglan; aged 26 yearsPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 5 March 2024 - ROLL OF HONOUR
NEW ZEALAND HERALD, VOLUME 78, ISSUE 24090, 8 OCTOBER 1941, PAGE 1 - Ingoa maumaharatanga
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- Tohutoro maumaharatanga
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Maumaharatanga
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
- Hamilton Memorial Park, Memorial Drive, Hamilton East 3216 AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
- Epsom Methodist Church Memorial Plaque AWMM
Mea e whai hononga ai
Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2843659
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 - List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. Archives New Zealand (R17845748)
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845748
Sources Used - Aviation Safety Network:
https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/247260Public - Antonio - Researcher - 15 April 2026 - Internet research - Aircrew Remembered:
https://aircrewremembered.com/everiss-carlyle.htmlPublic - Antonio - Researcher - 15 April 2026 - Internet research
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
- Ngā tuhinga
- 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) - 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.
- List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. [List of Killed - Officers (Canada, Pacific, Europe) - Airmen (Canada, India and Far East)]. Archives New Zealand (R17845748)
- Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
- https://rnzaf.proboards.com/thread/30393/hero-pilot-identified?page=1&scrollTo=308531Public - Antonio - Researcher - 1 August 2022 - Wings Over New Zealand Proboards
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