Leonard Rodney Hewitt
I whānau mai i te 1913 - I mate atu i te 1 Feb 1964
- Nama Hōia
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
- Rod Hewitt AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Air Force AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Royal Air Force, No. 75 (NZ) Squadron AWMM
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
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- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- Leonard Rodney AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- Hewitt AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
- Rod Hewitt AWMM
- Nama Hōia
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- Ira tangata
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Pono
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Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- 1913 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
- Insurance InspectorPublic - Ian Banks - Researcher - 11 June 2020 - Research
- Uri kiritahi
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- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
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Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
- Kauhanga riri
- Pacific Theatre of War AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Air Force AWMM
- Nama Hōia
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- Urunga ki te ope taua
- 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
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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
- WW2 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
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Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Royal Air Force, No. 75 (NZ) Squadron AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Member of the New Zealand Alpine Club:
"Rod Hewitt died in Timaru Hospital on February 1, 1964. He was born in Opotiki, but was descended from Canterbury pioneers and spent practically all his youth in Christchurch where he was educated at Christ College.
Rod's first trips to the hills were deerstalking expeditions made his with schoolfellow C.R. Hervey, but he soon became devoted to mountaineering and took part in the vigorous mountain exploration being carried out by young Canterbury climbers.
Christmas, 1938, again saw Rod, Wyn Barnett and George Doig in the Tasman with hopes for Mount Tasman, but there were repeated snowfalls, and a reconnaissance of Syme Ridge and an ascent of Pioneer Pass their only climbing achievements. Rod had better luck at Easter when with John Clegg and L. King, he climbed D'Archiac from the Godley. In October, with Wyn and others, he climbed Alma in the Two Thumbs Range - the following month was in the R.N.Z.A.F.
In June, 1940, Rod left for England to join the R.A.F., and as a bomber pilot in "75" Squadron saw service in Europe - over Berlin and as far as Italy. In April 1941 he had brief leave at Loch Lomand in the Western Highlands (climbing Ben Nevis in a snowstorm), before flying to the Middle East where he served for a year. Out there he survived the third of his crash landings and had a spell in hospital, where the brilliant surgery of New Zealand doctors on his injured leg made it possible for him to climb again. He was sent back to England and left for New Zealand in August, 1942. He had a brief reintroduction to the New Zealand mountains as a member of a search party to Malte Brun, when on a short holiday before a final tour of duty in the Pacific from April, 1944 to September, 1945."
(from the New Zealand Alpine Journal, Vol.XX, No.51, 1964) AWMM
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 1 Feb 1964 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
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- 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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Maumaharatanga
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- Image from the No. 75 Squadron collection. Photo album that belonged to Leonard Rodney Hewitt.
"Arrival in Egypt. 11th April '41."
Leonard Rodney Hewitt at the controls of his Wellington on arrival in Egypt. This is believed to be when he arrived at No. 37 Squadron. Air Force Museum of New Zealand (ALB0224349168)
https://fotoweb.airforcemuseum.co.nz/fotoweb/archives/5003-Search-the-Collection/Collection/ALB0224349168.JPG.info
Further Reference - No. 30 Squadron and Servicing Unit
https://www.cambridgeairforce.org.nz/30%20Squadron%20Roll%20Call.htm
Further Reference
- Image from the No. 75 Squadron collection. Photo album that belonged to Leonard Rodney Hewitt.
"Arrival in Egypt. 11th April '41."
Leonard Rodney Hewitt at the controls of his Wellington on arrival in Egypt. This is believed to be when he arrived at No. 37 Squadron. Air Force Museum of New Zealand (ALB0224349168)
- Ngā tuhinga
- New Zealand Alpine journal
The New Zealand Alpine Journal, Vol.XX, No.51, 1964 (includes photograph) - Hewitt, L. R., & Davidson, M. M. (1954). The mountains of New Zealand. Wellington, N.Z.: A.H. & A.W. Reed.
- Hewitt, L. R., & Davidson, M. M. (1972). Mount Cook Alpine regions (2nd (rev.) ed). [Christchurch, N.Z.] : New Zealand Alpine Club.
- Information in this record was kindly provided from No. 30 Squadron and Servicing Unit research by the late Wally Ingham and Dave Homewood (2025)
- Ingham, W. (1990). The Avengers: 30 Squadron & Servicing Unit, RNZAF: a record of service. Auckland, N.Z.: Author.
- New Zealand Alpine journal
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