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Ronald Wynne Newman

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ronald Wynne AWMM
  • Surname
    Newman AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • NZ4210960 AWMM
    • WWII 4210960 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    19 February 1915 AWMM Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
    Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 30 May 2023 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    Son of Ludvic M. and Elsie Newman; husband of Kate I. Newman, of Gisborne, Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 30 May 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/ronald-wynne-newman
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Widow: Mrs. K. I. Newman of Gisborne (1 child) AWMM
    • WW2 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. L. M. Newman of Waimata, Gisborne AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Married/WWII AWMM
    • 1940 Ronald Wynne NEWMAN married Kate Isabel BREINGAN - they had 2 children Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 30 May 2023 - NZ BDM Marriage Records & GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXII, ISSUE 21758, 6 JULY 1945, PAGE 4

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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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  • Ronald Newman attended Gisborne High School before working as a Shepherd on his family farm at Waimata Valley. Son of Ludvic Marshlands and Elsie Newman (nee Wachsman), Waimata. Husband of Kayte Isobel Newman (nee Breigan), father of 1 daughter.

    In 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.

    Attended Gisborne High School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845614)) AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    30 November 1944 AWMM
    Age 29 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
    Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany AWMM 25 A AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Flight-Sergeant Ronald Wynne Newman was the second son of Mr. L. Newman, Waimata. He was on his twenty-fourth operational flight over enemy territory when the aircraft in which he was a member of the crew was hit in the air, and crashed with the loss of all hands in the neighbourhood of Osterfeld. Flight-Sergeant Newman was in his thirties, and was a married man with one child. Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 30 May 2023 - ROLL OF HONOUR
    GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXII, ISSUE 21758, 6 JULY 1945, PAGE 4
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
    • Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne AWMM

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  • The grandfather I never met and the dad mum never knew
    Public - Deborah elizabeth - Direct descendant - 24 April 2024
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  • The great uncle I never met. Your sacrifice was the ultimate. So sorry for that.
    Public - Victoria - Other relative - 22 January 2019
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  • Wynne was my Uncle, who I never met. I've updated his information in Geni.com Family Tree. Will also add it into WikiTree.com

    Thanks to those who recorded this memorial in his memory.
    Public - Jenna - Other relative - 29 November 2017
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Sources

Sources

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    • 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
    • RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Na - Py. Archives New Zealand (R17845614) - Former archives reference: AIR118 AWMM
    • List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. [Missing - But Presumed Dead on Lapse of Time - Officers, Airmen]. Archives New Zealand (R17845743) 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. [List of Missing]. Archives New Zealand (R17845747) AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
27 September 2024JohnLondon UKResearcher
24 April 2024Deborah elizabethTauranga NZDirect descendant
30 May 2023Lorraine Mona Gisborne Researcher
22 January 2019Victoria Daventry England Other relative
29 November 2017JennaCanberra, AustraliaOther relative

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