Cedric Hubert Owen Priest

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Cedric Hubert Owen AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Priest AWMM

Nama Hōia

• NZ405506 AWMM
• WWII 405506 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Whānautanga mai

14 Dec 1913 RNZAF Biographies (R17845614)

Uri kiritahi

WW2 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. Priest of Morrinsville AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Single/WWII AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

Europe (Air) AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Air Force AWMM

Nama Hōia

• NZ405506 AWMM
• WWII 405506 AWMM

Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga

Royal Air Force, No. 489 (NZ) Squadron AWMM

Whakangungu ope taua

• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 3 Wireless School, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada AWMM
  Course 1: Class 11C. Graduation Date: 4/08/1941. AWMM
• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 4 Bombing and Gunnery School, Fingal, Ontario, Canada AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Vessel was Aorangi AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Pilot Officer AWMM
Royal Air Force, No. 489 (NZ) Squadron AWMM

Matenga

8 Mar 1942 AWMM
Age  29 AWMM

Wāhi Mate

Thorney Island, Sussex

Public - Mark - Other relative - 14 April 2017 - RNZAF Military File

Te momo matenga

• Killed on Active Service AWMM
• Aircraft crashed while taking off, caught fire killing all occupants
  Public - Mark - Other relative - 14 April 2017 - RNZAF Military File

Urupā

West Thorney (St Nicholas) Churchyard, Sussex, England AWMM Plot 1. Row A. Grave 4. AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Borough of Te Aroha, 1939-1945. Kenrick Street, Te Aroha. AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Tangata Ope Tauā

Hononga ki waho

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2959338
  Sources Used
• 'War Casualties' New Zealand Herald, 23 June 1941
  https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19410623.2.98
  Further Reference
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Na - Py. Archives New Zealand (R17845614)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845614
  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

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) - Na - Py. Archives New Zealand (R17845614) - 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)
• 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.