Catherine Frances Bryers

Forenames

Catherine Frances AWMM

Surname

Bryers AWMM

Service number

• WWII W2140 AWMM
• WWII 2140 AWMM
• W2140 / M70798
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Gender

Female AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

• Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
• Ngā Puhi, Māori AWMM
• Ngāti Ruanui, Māori AWMM

Birth

1917 WAAF Strengths (R21072930)

Date of birth

15 July 1917

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Place of birth

Rawene (South side of Hokianga harbour)

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Address before enlistment

WW2 Hokianga AWMM

Relationship status

Single/WWII AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Air Force AWMM

Service number

• WWII W2140 AWMM
• WWII 2140 AWMM
• W2140 / M70798
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Military service

• 8 June 1942 to 7 June 1962
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• RNZAF Clerk Accounts
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Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Warrant Officer (W/O)

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Medals and Awards

• Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) AWMM
• Coronation Medal ER 1953 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 08 Jun 1942 WAAF List

Embarkation details

WW2 Women's Auxilliary 2 (WA2)/Military WAAF List Royal New Zealand Air Force, Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) AWMM

• Frances Bryers Road in Hobsonville. AWMM
• See https://hobsonvillepoint.co.nz/community/news/whats-in-a-name/whats-in-a-name-frances-bryers-road/
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Death

18 Nov 1989 AWMM
Age  72 AWMM

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Victory Parade Contingent, Gisborne Herald, 13 April 1946
  https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GISH19460413.2.28
  Further Reference
• What’s in a Name: Frances Bryers Road, Hobsonville Point.co.nz
  https://hobsonvillepoint.co.nz/community/news/whats-in-a-name/whats-in-a-name-frances-bryers-road/
  Further Reference
• Stacey Fraser and Angela Wanhalla. An Invisible History: Wāhine Māori in the Air Force during World War II. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira. First published: 11 January 2021.
  https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/wahine-maori
  Further Reference
• 'Victory Parade Contingent: Three services sailing April 20' in the Gisborne Herald, 13 April, 1946.
  https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HAWST19460413.2.103
  Further Reference
• 'Parading for Victory: Air Force Contingent' at the website of the Air Force Museum of New Zealand.
  https://airforcemuseum.co.nz/blog/parading-for-victory-air-force-contingent/
  Further Reference

References

• Strengths, WAAF [Women's Auxiliary Air Force], Returns - December 1942 - February 1950. Archives New Zealand (R21072930)
• Coronation Medals 1953 - Nominal Roll. Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R21681744)
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1950). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 16 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1946 to 30th June, 1948). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
• 'Victory Parade Contingent.' Gisborne Herald, vol. 73, no. 21996, 13 April 1946, p.4. Identified with assistance from the Kippenberger Research Centre, National Army Museum Te Mata Toa (2026).