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James Trevor Ayton

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James Trevor AWMM
  • Surname
    Ayton AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • NZ39982 AWMM
    • WWII 39982 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    6 December 1919 RNZAF Biographies (R17845607) Hikurangi, Whangarei RNZAF Biographies (R17845607)
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mr John Cumming Ayton (father), Post Office, Hikurangi, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW2 Father: Mr J. C. Ayton, 25 Dundas Road, Whangarei AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
    • Observer/Military RNZAF Biographies (R17845607)
    • Navigator RNZAF Biographies (R17845607)
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • James Ayton was the son of John Cumming Ayton and of Mary Christina Ayton (nee MacKenzie), of Whangarei.

    Barrass, M.B. (2001- 2008). Web site: Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation. "Squadrons numbered in the 400 series were technically units of the RCAF, RAAF and RNZAF, but their members were placed under the operational control of the RAF and are usually considered to be part of the RAF's organisational structure". URL: http://www.rafweb.org/Sqn485-490.htm. Next of kin details compiled from information in the Casualty lists published in the newspapers.

    Attended Whangarei High School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845607)) AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    11 July 1944 AWMM
    Age 24 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Brookwood Military Cemetery, Woking, Surrey, England AWMM 8. AA. 4. AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
    • Roll of Honour, Kauri, Kaurihohore Presbyterian Church, (part of St Paul's Uniting Church since 1989), WW2, Apotu Road, Kaurihohore, Northland AWMM
    • Hikurangi War Memorial Hall, 24 King Street, Hikurangi AWMM
    • Hikurangi Primary School War Memorial, 4 Swan Ave, Hikurangi 0114 AWMM

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  • Trevor was my great Uncle. My Grandma had 4 or 5 brothers (?) that went off to war. All from the small farming district of Kaurihohore, just north of Whangarei. As was common, the war generation didn't talk much, if at all, about the war. What I was told by the next generation down (my father (Kevin Bell) and Aunty(Bev Rea)) was that Trevor was killed in an accident on the airfield, with an incoming aircraft hitting him as he made his way to his own plane.
    Public - Hamish - Direct descendant - 25 January 2022
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • The Weekly News AWMM
      The Weekly News 1944 AWMM
    • The Evening Post AWMM
    • Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
    • Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ab - B. Archives New Zealand (R17845607) - Former archives reference: AIR118 AWMM
    • Please note that the 12 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. AWMM
    • List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. [(New Zealanders Attached to R.A.F. [Royal Air Force]) (Officers), (Europe) - Airmen]. Archives New Zealand (R17845744) 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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25 January 2022HamishSydney, AustraliaDirect descendant
07 September 2021KelvinNorfolk, EnglandResearcher

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