Search results Next record Previous record English Māori Allan McWilliam Died 30 May 1943 PDF Key details Service numberNZ416586 AWMM WWII 416586 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchAir Force AWMM Last rankSergeant (Navigator) AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force, 75 (NZ) Squadron, RAF AWMM WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Headstone, Reichswald Forest Cemetery, 1998 Adriaan de Winter and Ton van Alphen - This image may be … View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesAllan AWMM SurnameMcWilliam AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service numberNZ416586 AWMM WWII 416586 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Report › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistment Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkationMr Bruce Carmichael McWilliam (father), Hampden, Otago, New Zealand AWMM Relationship statusUnknown AWMM Single AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM CampaignEurope (Air) AWMM Armed force / branchAir Force AWMM Service numberNZ416586 AWMM WWII 416586 AWMM Military serviceRCAF, 4 Air Observer School, London, Ontario Base Record Course 1: Class 50. Graduation Date: 11/09/1942. AWMM Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency Enlistment Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW2 Vessel was Orcades AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notesKilled in Action, Cause of Death AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankSergeant (Navigator) AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force, 75 (NZ) Squadron, RAF AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Son of Bruce Carmichael McWilliam and of Ellen Winifred McWilliam (nee Jack), of Hampden, OtagoIn 1998 Adriaan de Winter and Ton van Alphen undertook a project in the Reichswald Forest Cemetery photographing all the headstones of New Zealanders buried there. Next of kin details compiled from information in the Casualty lists published in the newspapers. AWMM Death About death Contribute › Death30 May 1943 AWMM Age 20 AWMM Gladbeck-Rentfort, Germany AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of deathKilled in Action AWMM Death notes CemeteryReichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany AWMM Collective grave 29 E 15-18 AWMM Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial nameHampden War Memorial Waitaki, Otago, New Zealand AWMM Roll of Honour Remember Allan McWilliam by laying a poppy. William Littleworth McWhirter Albert James McWilliam Allan McWilliam Donald James McWilliam Frederic Douglas McWilliam Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Allan McWilliam Leave a note Contribute › Processing Sources Sources Contribute › External linksPapers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast Sources Used Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast Sources Used Roll of Honour. Air Force Casualties. Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 9, 10 July 1943, Page 6 http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19430710.2.41&srpos Further Reference Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Hampden War Memorial. http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/hampden-war-memorial Further Reference Commonwealth War Graves Commission record https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2040146 Sources Used DocumentsThe Evening Post AWMM Chorley, W. (1996). Royal Air Force Bomber Command losses of the Second World War: Aircraft and crew losses 1943 (Vol. 4). Leicester, England: Midland Counties Publications. AWMM Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM This record is a work in progress and was partially compiled from the “Database of New Zealand Airmen who took part in Advanced Air Training in Canada during WW2”. Researched by Ivan and Lorna Lindsey of Tauranga. N.Z. 2003 – 2012. Reproduced with permission. 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
