BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

1Wing Commander J. H. Arkwright, DFC; farmer; United Kingdom; born Marton, 1920.

2Wing Commander S. G. Quill, DFC; RNZAF, Wellington; born Porirua, 12 Oct 1919.

3Wing Commander T. O. Freeman, DSO, DFC and bar; Royal Air Force; born Lawrence, 1916;
killed on air operations, 17 Dec 1943.

4Flying Officer A. S. Mills; clerk; Dunedin; born Invercargill, 20 Dec 1923.

5Flying Officer M. E. Dark; draughtsman; born Sydenham, England, 1921; killed on air operations,
24 Dec 1943.

6Pilot Officer E. C. Laurie, DFM; warehouseman; born Auckland, 1923; killed on air operations,
30 Apr 1944.

7Squadron Leader M. T. Vanderpump, DFC, United States DFC; farmer; Hastings; born Auckland,
14 May 1920.

8Flight Lieutenant J. O. MacFarlane; architect; born Auckland, 1920; killed on air operations, 17 Dec 1943.

9Squadron Leader P. S. Green, DFC; clerk; Wellington; born Kawakawa, Auckland, 15 Dec 1919.

10Flight Lieutenant H. J. Meharry; traveller; born Reefton, 1917; killed on air operations, 5 Aug 1944.

11Wing Commander P. G. H. Newton, DFC, m.i.d.; engineering draughtsman; Christchurch; born
Christchurch, 29 Sep 1917; appointed to short service commission in RNZAF, April 1939; Director of Operations,
Air Department, August 1945—January 1946.

12Squadron Leader J. H. Mills, m.i.d.; bank clerk; Auckland; born Dunedin, 1919.

13Flying Officer D. A. Williams; cutter; Auckland; born Auckland, 25 Jan 1920.

14Flying Officer K. W. Starnes; school teacher; born Motueka, 1919; killed on air operations, 18 Sep 1944.

15Flight Lieutenant A. W. Buchanan; farmer; born New Plymouth, 1911; killed on air operations,
24 Dec 1943.

16Flight Lieutenant P. S. Worsp; law clerk; born Auckland, 1916; killed on air operations, 24 Dec 1943.

17Flying Officer D. B. Page; secretary, Wellington Stock Exchange; born London, 1912; killed on air
operations, 24 Dec 1943.

18Sergeant R. H. Covic; clerk; born Gisborne, 22 Jan 1924; killed on air operations, 24 Dec 1943.

19Squadron Leader C. R. Bush, DFC; assurance agent; RNZAF Station, Ohakea; born Wellington, 7 Feb
1918; killed in aircraft accident in New Zealand, 30 Nov 1948.

20Squadron Leader A. G. S. George, DFC; shipping clerk; Auckland; born Takapau, Auckland, 24 Nov
1922.

21Flying Officer A. B. Sladen; warehouseman; born Motueka, 12 Oct 1920; killed on air operations, 9 Jan
1944.

22Flying Officer D. L. Jones; electrical engineer; born Christchurch, 12 Feb 1921; killed on air operations,
9 Jan 1944.

23Wing Commander H. C. Walker, AFC, US Legion of Merit; airline pilot; Union Airways,
Palmerston North; born Edinburgh, 15 Mar 1908; competed in Melbourne Centennial Air Race, 1934.

24Flight Lieutenant D. F. Ayson, DFC; linotype operator; Palmerston North; born Mosgiel, 9 Apr 1915.

25Flying Officer R. J. Alford; farmhand; Cambridge; born Auckland, 1922.

26Warrant Officer G. E. Hannah, DFM; boot repairer; Invercargill; born Invercargill, 7 Oct 1913.

27Flying Officer S. P. Aldridge; engineer and farmer; born Te Kuiti, 16 Jun 1920; killed on air operations,
20 Aug 1944.

28Flying Officer W. N. Williams, DFC, DFM; hairdresser; Christchurch; born Dunedin, 23 Nov 1913.

29Wing Commander A. B. Greenaway; Royal Air Force; RNZAF Station, Wigram, Christchurch; born
Toowoomba, Australia, 13 May 1911.

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30Squadron Leader B. E. Oliver, m.i.d.; sheep farmer; Whitehall, Cambridge; born Hamilton, 8 Feb 1912.

31Flight Lieutenant C. A. Fountaine, DFC; farmer; Kumeroa, Woodville; born Frankton Junction,
24 Nov 1918.

32Group Captain C. W. K. Nicholls, DSO; Royal Air Force; Sheffield, England; born Palmerston
North, 1913.

33Flight Lieutenant J. W. Edwards; school teacher; born Auckland, 1915; killed on air operations, 10 May
1944.

The occupations given in each case are those on enlistment. The ranks are those held on discharge from the service or
at the date of death; where a man is still serving the rank given is that held at the beginning of 1948.

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Title: The Assault on Rabaul. Operations by the Royal New Zealand Air Force December 1943 — May 1944

Author: J. M. S. Ross

In: Episodes & Studies Volume 1

Publication details: Historical Publications Branch, 1948, Wellington

Part of: The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–1945

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