Cyril Robert Hudson McFarlane

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Cyril Robert Hudson AWMM

Ingoa whānau

McFarlane AWMM

Nama Hōia

• NZ413946 AWMM
• WWII 413946 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Whānautanga mai

22 Sept 1911 RNZAF Biographies (R17845613)

Rā i whānau mai ai

• 22 September 1911
  Public - Sam - Other relative - 29 August 2016 - Military Personal File
• 16 August 1913
  Public - Andrew - Researcher - 28 December 2015 - NZBMD https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz

Wāhi Whānau

Ngaruawahia, Waikato, New Zealand

Public - Andrew - Researcher - 28 December 2015 - Ancestry.com Public Member Trees

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

P/O Mrs Kelly, Leicester Street, Patea

Public - Sam - Other relative - 29 August 2016 - Military Personal File

Uri kiritahi

• Mrs L.W. McFarlane (wife), C/o J. Podkin, Thames Highway, Oamaru, New Zealand AWMM
• WW2 Wife: Mrs. L. W. McFarlane, C/o Mrs. F Medows, 58 Tinakori Road, Wellington. or C/o Mr. J Padkin, Thames Highway, Oamaru AWMM
• WW2 Mother: Mrs. J. McFarlane of Ngaruawahia AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

• Married/WWII AWMM
• Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
• Married
  Public - Andrew - Researcher - 28 December 2015 - Next of kin shown as wife

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

RNZAF training in Canada WW2 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Air Force AWMM

Nama Hōia

• NZ413946 AWMM
• WWII 413946 AWMM

Urunga ki te ope taua

British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 10 Air Observer School, Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada AWMM
Course 1: Class 43. AWMM

Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka

Meat Inspector at Patea Freezing Works

Public - Sam - Other relative - 29 August 2016 - Military Personal File

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Vessel was Dominion Monarch AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Leading Aircraftman/Military AWMM
Royal Canadian Air Force, No. 10 Air Observer School. 3 Training Command. AWMM

Matenga

7 Apr 1942 AWMM
Age  30 AWMM

Wāhi Mate

Chatham, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Public - Sam - Other relative - 29 August 2016 - Military Personal File

Te momo matenga

• Killed on Active Service AWMM
• Missing during Active Service
  Public - Sam - Other relative - 29 August 2016 - Military Personal File

Tuhipoka mō te matenga

Anson I 6631 took off at 2155 hours piloted by L Berriman and failed to return. Cyril and his fellow observer Cpl H S McKinnon were never found. It is widely believed the plane crashed into the sea or crashed on to ice floating in the strait

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Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Ottawa Memorial (Commonwealth Air Force Memorial), Ontario, Canada AWMM
• Hamilton Memorial Park, Memorial Drive, Hamilton East 3216 AWMM
• 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
• Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  Sources Used
• Air Force casualties. Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 133, 2 December 1942, Page 3
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19421202.2.25&srpos
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2622840
  Sources Used
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ma - McW. Archives New Zealand (R17845613)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845613
  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 (R17845747)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845747
  Sources Used
• Report on training loss:
  http://www.aircrewremembered.com/mcfarlane-cyril-robert-hudson.html
  Public - Kelvin - Researcher - 11 July 2022 - http://www.aircrewremembered.com/mcfarlane-cyril-robert-hudson.html

Ngā tuhinga

• The Evening Post
• 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.
• Information kindly provided by family
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ma - McW. Archives New Zealand (R17845613) - 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 - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. [List of Missing]. Archives New Zealand (R17845747)
• 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.