Search results Next record Previous record English Māori Peter Shennan Died 5 April 1939 PDF Key details Service number Also known as Armed force / branchAir Force AWMM Last rankWW2 Pilot Officer AWMM WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesPeter AWMM SurnameShennan AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service number GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › BirthWolverhampton, England Plunge to death. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23316, 8 April 1939, Page 15. Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistment Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkationWW2 Mr and Mrs Alex Shennan of 29 Everest Street, Khandallah, Wellington, New Zealand. AWMM Relationship status Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Campaign Armed force / branchAir Force AWMM Service number Military serviceRAF Flying Training School, Hullavington, Wiltshire AWMM Granted short service commission as Acting Pilot Officer AWMM Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW2 Flying Officer (Navigator) Public Source Royal Air Force, Bomber Command Public Source Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation details Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notesKilled on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM Death by misadventure AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankWW2 Pilot Officer AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Son of Mr and Mrs Alex Shennan of 29 Everest Street, Khandallah, Wellington, New Zealand. Migrated to New Zealand when he was nine years of age.Educated at Chathedral Grammar School, Christchurch, New Zealand."The New Zealander, Pilot-Officer Peter Shennan, fell 900 ft from the rear cockpit during bombing exercises at Abingdon and was killed." (Source: Fall from cockpit. Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 81, 6 April 1939, Page 13). AWMM Death About death Contribute › Death5 April 1939 Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 81, 6 April 1939, Page 13 Age 23 AWMM Abingdon, Berkshire Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 81, 6 April 1939, Page 13 Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of deathKilled on Active Service AWMM Death notes Cemetery Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial name Roll of Honour Remember Peter Shennan by laying a poppy. John James Shennan Lancelot Stuart Shennan Peter Shennan Robert Carlisle Shennan Watson Douglas Shennan Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Peter Shennan Leave a note Contribute › Processing Sources Sources Contribute › External linksLondon Gazette, 9 November 1937, Issue 34452, pp.6969-6970. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34452/ Sources Used http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast Further Reference DocumentsSly, N. (2013). A Grim Almanac of Oxfordshire. The History Press: England, U.K. AWMM The Evening Post AWMM The late Pilot-Officer Peter Shennan. Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 82, 8 April 1939, Page 5 AWMM The Evening Post AWMM Fall from cockpit. Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 81, 6 April 1939, Page 13. AWMM The New Zealand Herald AWMM Plunge to death. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23316, 8 April 1939, Page 15. AWMM Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM vol. 1, p.63 AWMM The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided. Online Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License Search results Next record Previous record
