Reginald Wilfred Prout
I whānau mai i te 28 Dec 1918 - I mate atu i te 6 Nov 1940
- Nama Hōia
- NZ39936 AWMM
- WWII 39936 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Air Force AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Sergeant AWMM Royal Air Force, No. 58 Squadron AWMM
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
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- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- Reginald Wilfred AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- Prout AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Nama Hōia
- NZ39936 AWMM
- WWII 39936 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
- 28 Dec 1918 RNZAF Biographies (R17845614)
- 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 T. Prout (father), 58 Bentley Street, Masterton, New Zealand AWMM
- WW2 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. T. W. Prout of Masterton 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
- Europe (Air) AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Air Force AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- NZ39936 AWMM
- WWII 39936 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
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- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
- Royal Air Force, No. 58 Squadron AWMM
Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
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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
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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 Action, Cause of Death AWMM
Killed on air operations AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Sergeant AWMM
Royal Air Force, No. 58 Squadron AWMM - Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Next of kin details compiled from information in the Casualty lists published in the newspapers.
Attended Masterton Technical School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845614)) AWMM - Details of last Air Operation 6-7 November 1940.
Reason for Loss :
58 Squadron Whitley V P4943 GE-P - with 5 crew aboard including RNZAF Flight Sergeant Reginald Prout of Masterton, New Zealand took off at 17.10 hours - from RAF Base Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire England - on air operation - 'Operation Hamburg'.
At 00.18 hours - on their return journey the Wireless Operator transmitted an SOS message - since that signal was made nothing further was heard of P4943 or her crew.
It was calculated they were approx. 10 miles off the Coast of Lowestaff - over the North Sea.
As nothing further was heard of P4943 her crew were listed as missing - believed killed - despite searches being made for them.
The crew - including Flight Sergeant Reginald Prout of New Zealand were
1. Pilot-Officer Sgt Francis R. Elton (Surrey, England) - RAFVR 75485 - aged 19 (killed).
2. Observer Sgt Edward A. Shapland (Enfield, Middlesex, England) - RAFVR746954 - aged 22 years. (killed)
3. Wireless Operator- Air Gunner Sgt Lionel B. Breeze (Alton, Hampshire, England - RAFVR 75507 - aged 31 (killed).
4. Wireless Operator-Air Gunner Sgt Granville Graham (Leigh, Lancashire, England) - RAFVR - aged 22 years (killed).
All crew - of 58 Squadron RAF P4943 - are remembered on the Runnymeade Memorial, Surrey, England.Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 24 April 2019 - www.aircrewremembered.com (England). - Son of Mr T. Prout - of Masterton, Wairarapa District, New Zealand.Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 24 April 2019 - Researcher
- Next of kin details compiled from information in the Casualty lists published in the newspapers.
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 6 Nov 1940 AWMM
Age 22 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 Action 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
- Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, United Kingdom AWMM
Ngā mātāwai
- 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 - War Casualties. Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 116, 12 November 1940, Page 7
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19401112.2.55&srpos
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1804742
Sources Used - 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
- Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
- Ngā tuhinga
- The Evening Post
- Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
- RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Na - Py. Archives New Zealand (R17845614) - 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.
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