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Ross Walter Cuthbert

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ross Walter AWMM
  • Surname
    Cuthbert AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • NZ424059 AWMM
    • WWII 424059 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    7 November 1923 RNZAF Biographies (R17845609) Hamilton, Waikato RNZAF Biographies (R17845609)
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs N.A. Cuthbert, Newmarket, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW2 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. W. H. Cuthbert of Te Puke Te puke Hotel, Te Puke AWMM
    • Mr. N.S cuthbert. Public - Brooke - Direct descendant - 12 February 2016 - Papers
  • 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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Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details
    WW2 Vessel was Lurline AWMM

Prisoner of war

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

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Walter and Nora Cuthbert, of Cambridge

    The Lancaster III (ND904/B) with which Cuthbert's plane collided had two other New Zealanders on board: the captain, Pilot Officer Alan Russell Galletly, and the navigator, Flight Sergeant Stuart Edwin Mosley.

    Attended Sacred Heart College, Hamilton Technical College (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845609)) AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    5 October 1944 AWMM
    Age 20 AWMM
    Wolsfeld, Germany AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Rheinberg War Cemetery, Kamp Lintfort, Nordrhein-Westfal, Germany AWMM 8. G. 2. AWMM
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Sources

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  • References
    • 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) - Co - Dy. Archives New Zealand (R17845609) - 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

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12 February 2016BrookeAuckland,New Zealand.Direct descendant

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