William Upton Hewett
I whānau mai i te 29 Aug 1912 - I mate atu i te 12 Jan 1942
- Nama Hōia
- NZ404363 AWMM
- WWII 404363 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
- Bill AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Air Force AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Pilot Officer AWMM Royal Canadian Air Force, No. 1 Depot Training Command AWMM
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
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- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- William Upton AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- Hewett AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
- Bill AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- NZ404363 AWMM
- WWII 404363 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
- 29 Aug 1912 AWMM
- Rā i whānau mai ai
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- Wāhi Whānau
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- Tuhinga mō te whānautanga
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- Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga
- Unknown AWMM Cambridge, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM
- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
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- Uri kiritahi
- Mrs Jane Elinor Hewett (mother), Roto-O-Rangi, Cambridge, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM
- WW2 Brother: Mr. B. S. Hewett, Roto-o-Rangi, Cambridge AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Single/WWII AWMM
- Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
- Kauhanga riri
- Battle of the Atlantic AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Air Force AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- NZ404363 AWMM
- WWII 404363 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
- Royal New Zealand Air Force attached to Royal Canadian Air Force AWMM
- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
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Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
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Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
- British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 6 Service Flying Training School, Dunnville, Ontario, Canada AWMM
Course 1: Class 24/I. Graduation Date: 8/11/1941. AWMM - British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 4 Air Observer School, London, Ontario, Canada AWMM
- British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 1 Bombing and Gunnery School, Jarvis, Ontario, Canada AWMM
- British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 6 Service Flying Training School, Dunnville, Ontario, Canada AWMM
- 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 on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM
Killed on transit from Canada to England AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Pilot Officer AWMM
Royal Canadian Air Force, No. 1 Depot Training Command AWMM - Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- William Hewett was the son of Charles Robert Hewett, and of Jane Elinor Hewett (nee Slack), of Roto-O-Rangi, Cambridge.
Educated at Collegiate School, Wanganui and then joined his brother, Basil, on the family dairy farm.
He lost his life when his transport was sunk by a U Boat.
Fifty years later Basil and Cynthia Hewett have commemorated their brother by participating in the New Zealand Native Forests Restoration Trust. Late in 1991 the bequest was announced as its sixth reserve under the Trust's Memorial Forest Scheme. Miss C. Hewett and Mr B. Hewett of Cambridge, bought a block of 242 hectares at Titoki near Whangarei. The Reserve is named after William Upton Hewett and contains regenerating Northland forest, and is especially notable for its population of kiwi and fernbirds and many unique plants, some very rare locally.
Portrait on Wings over Cambridge website. Next of kin details compiled from information in the Casualty lists published in the newspapers.
Attended Wanganui Collegiate School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845611)) AWMM - RNZAF Pilot-Officer William Hewett had completed Pilot training at Canada and he was en-route from Halifax, Nova Scotia to RAF duty at England - with 2 fellow RNZAF Pilot Officers - Pilot Officer Maurice Melton Campbell (NZ40530) and Pilot Officer Michael Angland (NZ441357) - when the transit ship they were aboard - 'Yngaren' - was torpedoed by German U-Boat 43 - 600 miles west off the coast of Ireland (Position 57 degrees 00'W; 26 degrees 00W - Grid AL1938). Of the 40 crew and passengers aboard 38 (including the 3 RNZAF Air-men lost their lives). 2 Survivors were later found in a life raft.
Details here from website UBoat.net
At 08.02 hours on 12 Jan 1942 the unescorted Yngaren, a straggler from convoy HX-168 due to bad weather, was hit by two torpedoes from U-43 in heavy seas and sank within one minute about 600 miles west of Ireland. The master, 31 crew members and six British passengers were lost. On 10 February, two survivors (a Swede and a Dane) on a raft were spotted by a Hudson aircraft from the Coastal Command. They were picked up the next day by a British fishing trawler that was directed to them by a Catalina flying boat.Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 16 April 2019 - Website : UBoat-net
- William Hewett was the son of Charles Robert Hewett, and of Jane Elinor Hewett (nee Slack), of Roto-O-Rangi, Cambridge.
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 12 Jan 1942 AWMM
Age 29 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 on Active Service AWMM
- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
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- Ingoa o te urupā
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- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
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- Pānui Matenga
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- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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- Tohutoro maumaharatanga
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Maumaharatanga
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
- Ottawa Memorial (Commonwealth Air Force Memorial), Ontario, Canada AWMM
- William Upton Hewett Memorial Reserve, between Pipiwai and Titoki, Northland, New Zealand AWMM
- Cambridge Cenotaph, Victoria St, Cambridge 3434 AWMM
- Cambridge World War Two War Memorials AWMM
- Cambridge World War Two War Memorials AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
Mea e whai hononga ai
Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
Sources Used - Wings over Cambridge. Biography.
http://www.cambridgeairforce.org.nz/William%20Hewett.htm
Further Reference - William Upton Hewett Memorial Reserve
https://www.nfrt.org.nz/reserves/william-upton-hewett/
Further Reference - Air casualties. Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 34, 10 February 1942, Page 7
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19420210.2.96&srpos
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2622710
Sources Used - RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ha - Hy. Archives New Zealand (R17845611)
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845611
Sources Used
- Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
- Ngā tuhinga
- Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
Martyn, E. (1998-2008). Vol 1, p. 171 - Baker, S.K. (1992). The William Upton Hewett Memorial Reserve Management Plan. Auckland, N.Z.: NZ Native Forests Restoration Trust.
- 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) - Ha - Hy. Archives New Zealand (R17845611) - 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.
- 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.
- Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
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