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Cornelius James Sheddan

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Group, WW2, RNZAF, 7 pilots from 486 Squadron standing with a tempest in winter. Image from Lee Melles collection. Caption from Sortehaug., P. (1998). p.196. Left to right: Cornelius James (Jim) Sheddan, William Alan Liddell (Bill) Trott, Brian John O' Connor, Arthur Ernest (Spike) Umbers, John Edward (Johnny) Wood, Colin James McDonald and William Lister (Dusty) Miller - This image may be subject to copyright

Group, WW2, RNZAF, 7 pilots from 486 Squadron standing with a tempest in winter. Image from Lee Mell …

Tuakiri

  • Taitara
  • Ngā ingoa tuatahi
    Cornelius James AWMM
  • Ingoa whānau
    Sheddan AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Ingoa kārangaranga
    • Jim AWMM
    • Cornelious AWMM
    • Cornelieus AWMM
  • Nama hōia
    • NZ412358 AWMM
    • 133285 AWMM
  • Ira tangata
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Pono

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Te whānautanga

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  • Whānautanga mai
    3 Poutūterangi 1918 AWMM WaimateCanterbury AWMM
    Waimate, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
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  • Wāhi Whānau
  • Tuhinga mō te whānautanga
  • Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga
  • Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
  • Uri kiritahi i te wā o te ekenga waka
  • Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Ope taua

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Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu

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  • Whakangungu ope taua
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Te urunga
    WW2 Apr 1941 AWMM
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  • Pakeke i te whakaurunga

Te maha o ngā ekenga waka

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Mauhere o te pakanga

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  • Rā i puta ai
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  • Nama motuhake mō te mauhere pakanga

Whakapapa hauora

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    Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
    Seriously injured 5 July 1944 AWMM

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  • Son of Angus James Sheddan and of Margaret Sheddan (nee McKee), of Waimate, Canterbury.

    Husband of Joan (nee Bex); father of Dave, Peter

    Brothers Alexander Bernard (NZ416210) and Cornelius (NZ412358) served with the RNZAF during WW2

    Squadron Leader Sheddan was a fighter ace credited with the destruction of 5 1/3 German aircraft and 7 1/2 V-1 flying bombs.

    In 1945 he was promoted to OC (Officer Commanding) 486 Squadron.

    He was also a member of the 'Goldfish Club".

    Named spelled variously Cornelious in Hanson; Cornelieus in Sortehaug. The Goldfish Club is an Association formed during WW2. Membership is open to airmen who have parachuted into the sea or whose aircraft has ditched into the water and who owe their lives to a life jacket or inflatable dinghy etc AWMM
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    9 Hakihea 2010 AWMM
    Age 92 AWMM
    Red BeachAuckland Province AWMM
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  • Wāhi Mate
  • Te momo matenga
  • Tuhipoka mō te matenga
  • Urupā
    Cremated AWMM
  • Ingoa o te urupā
  • Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
  • Pānui Matenga
    Obituary, Dominion Post, 18 December 2010

    Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 11 December 2010 AWMM
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Maumaharatanga

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Rārangi Ingoa Whai Hōnore

Maumahara Cornelius James Sheddan mā te whakatakoto i te papi

Waiho atu he tuhinga

Waiho atu he poroporoaki, he maumaharatanga ki a Cornelius James Sheddan

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  • Jim Sheddan was a cousin of my mother, Doreen Byrnes (nee McKee) of Waimate and I want to acknowledge his loss and sacrifice.
    Public - Anne - Other relative - 26 Paengawhāwhā 2020

Ngā mātāwai

Ngā mātāwai

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  • Hononga ki waho
    The Goldfish Club (UK).
    http://www.thegoldfishclub.co.uk/
    Further Reference
  • Ngā tuhinga
    • Hanson, C. (2001). By such deeds: honours and awards in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, 1923-1999. Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
    • Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • Sortehaug, P. (1998). The wild winds : the history of number 486 RNZAF Fighter Squadron with the RAF5. Dunedin, N.Z.: Author. AWMM
    • Hanson, C. (2001). By such deeds: honours and awards in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, 1923-1999. Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
      p.435 AWMM
    • Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
      Vol. 3, p.601, ref.98 AWMM
    • Sortehaug, P. (1998). The wild winds : the history of number 486 RNZAF Fighter Squadron with the RAF5. Dunedin, N.Z.: Author. AWMM
    • Dominion Post AWMM
      Obituary, 18 December 2010 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: 11 December 2010 AWMM
    • List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - Embarkation Lists, November 1940 - July 1942. Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R17845762). AWMM

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