Edward Bertram Hewitt
I whānau mai i te 11 Sept 1922 - I mate atu i te 25 Dec 1941
- Nama Hōia
- NZ405269 AWMM
- WWII 405269 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
- Ted Hewitt AWMM
- Teddy AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Air Force AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Sergeant AWMM Royal Air Force, No. 67 Squadron AWMM
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
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- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- Edward Bertram AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- Hewitt AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
- Ted Hewitt AWMM
- Teddy AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- NZ405269 AWMM
- WWII 405269 AWMM
- Ira tangata
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Pono
- Presbyterian, Christian AWMM
Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- 11 Sept 1922 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
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- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
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- Uri kiritahi
- Mr G. Hewitt (father), Waimana, New Zealand AWMM
- WW2 Father: Mr. G. Hewitt, Waimana, Bay of Plenty AWMM
- WW2 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. G. Hewitt of Waimana AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Single/WWII AWMM
- Pre 02 Jul 1941 AWMM Single AWMM
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
- Kauhanga riri
- 1941-1945 AWMM Burma AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Air Force AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- NZ405269 AWMM
- WWII 405269 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
- Secondary School Army Cadet Corps AWMM
- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
- Royal Air Force, No. 67 Squadron AWMM
Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
- 1939-1945 Star AWMM
- Burma Star AWMM
- War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
- New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM
Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
- Ground Training School, Levin (22.12.40) AWMM
- No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School, New Plymouth (8.2.41) AWMM
- No. 3 Service Flying Training School, Ohakea (22.3.41) AWMM
- British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 7 Bombing and Gunnery School, Paulson, Manitoba, Canada AWMM
Course 1: Graduation Date: 25/06/1943. AWMM - British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 9 Construction and Maintenance Unit, Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada AWMM
- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
- WW2 Jan 1940 AWMM
Age 17 AWMM
Student/Civilian AWMM - 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 Bloemfontein 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
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Sergeant AWMM
Royal Air Force, No. 67 Squadron AWMM - Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Son of Mr & Mrs G. Hewitt, Waimana, New Zealand
Attended Gisborne High School and Bower's Engineering School, Auckland.
Awarded Flying Badge 5 May 1941.
Moved toward end of 1941 with his squadron to Burma from where he saw action against the Japanese.
A family informant writes: ' After the war ended, my grandparents had a visit from a fellow Airman who was in the air with Ted that day. He felt they should know that he had seen Ted attacked by a Japanese fighter. Ted bailed out as the plane went down; the Japanese plane returned and shot him as he parachuted down. This was not easy for them [grandparents] to know, nor for the fellow to tell them but he felt they would want to be aware, rather than always wonder what had happened to him. It seems strange that this was not reported in [official] records!'
Official sources say 'On 25 December 1941 Sergeant Hewitt was pilot of a Buffalo fighter which took off from Mingaladon, Burma, to engage approaching enemy aircraft, and in the ensuing aerial combat Sergeant Hewitt was killed.'
Attended Gisborne High School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845611)) AWMM
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 25 Dec 1941 AWMM
Age 19 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
- Taukkyan Memorial, Myanmar AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories 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/2154867
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 - 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
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
- Ngā tuhinga
- Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
- Information kindly provided by family
- RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ha - Hy. Archives New Zealand (R17845611) - 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)
- 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.
- List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - Embarkation Lists, November 1940 - July 1942. Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R17845762).
- Royal New Zealand Air Force. (1941–1945). Contact: National magazine of the R.N.Z.A.F.; the official organ of the Air Force Association (Inc.). Levin, New Zealand: Royal New Zealand Air Force.
V1,n7,p36 - Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
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