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Sylvia & Rupert are buried in the Aramoho Cemetery Wanganui New Zealand
Plot 175 - PL Ext/II/3 | Smith, Rupert Alan (I155)
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t | Head, Trevor (I666)
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Teresa'a first husband died and she is also looking after 5 children of Brian Reeves. | Benefield, Teresa (I162)
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Terrence is buried in the Fairhall Cemetery near Blenheim.
He is in the Memorial Garden, Block 14, Row 0, Plot 10 | Fitzpatrick, Terrence Allen (Fitzy) (I949)
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Test link to Test | Omundsen, Victor Stephen (I30)
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Teygve and Anne live at Augland, Kristiansand Norway | Kimestad, Trygve (I335)
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The Erebus Enquiry.
Eric worked for the NZ Civil Aviation Authority (a Crown Entity).
He was called to give evidence to an enquiry into the Air New Zealand flight 901 Mt Erebus plane crash tragedy which occurred on the 28th Nov 1979, killing all 237 passengers & 20 crew.
The original report by Ron Chippendale put the blame of the crash onto the pilot, but a Royal Commission of Enquiry was set up headed by Justice Peter Mahon QC who came to a different conclusion.
He maintained the crash was caused by a correction made to the coordinates of the flight path by Air NZ the night before the disaster, coupled with a failure to inform the flight crew of the change, with the result that the aircraft, instead of being directed by computer down McMurdo Sound (as the crew had been led to believe), was instead rerouted to a path toward Mount Erebus
Justice Mahon's report accused Air New Zealand of presenting "an orchestrated litany of lies"
The reason the Civil Aviation Authority was involved is because they had approved a flight plan from NZ to Antarctica in 1977, which had a major error in it, and entailed flying almost directly over the 12,448-foot (3,794 m) peak of Mount Erebus.
However, due to a typing error in the coordinates when the route was computerised, the printout from Air New Zealand's ground computer system corresponded to a southerly flight path down the middle of the wide McMurdo Sound (the flight path the military use), about 27 miles (43 km) to the west of Mount Erebus.
The majority of the previous 13 flights had also entered this flight plan's coordinates into their aircraft navigational systems and flown the McMurdo Sound route, unaware that the route flown did not correspond with the approved route.
Unfortunately due to the captain of a previous flight finding errors in his flight plan, Flight 901,s flight plan was updated by Air NZ (but without advising the crew), putting Flight 901 on a collision course with Mt Erebus.
There were three witnesses appearing for the NZ Civil Aviation Authority, Edgar Kippenberger, Jack Spence, and Eric Omundsen.
There is a video of Justice Mahon?s enquiry available on You Tube called "Erebus-The Aftermath"
Details also on the Erebus web site ;
https://www.erebus.co.nz/
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The family moved to Brisbane on 21/10/1980 | Family F37
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The War Years
Cyril enlisted in the 2nd world war in Jan 1941 which meant he was 40 when he joined.
It is said he lied about his age, but the army would have probably turned a blind eye anyway.
A quick rundown on his service overseas is below:
His Army Registration Number was 40979
1941 - He arrived in Egypt at the Maadi camp in Cairo in May 1941, but was captured on 24th Nov 1941 and put in a POW camp near Tobruk.
1942 - He was freed by South African troops on 2nd Jan 1942, and returned back to the Maadi camp.
In March 1942 he transferred to Syria , and then in Oct 1942 he transferred back to the Maadi camp.
1942-1943 - From Nov 1942 till July 1943 he was stationed in the desert in North Africa, finally ending up back in the Maadi camp.
1943-1944 - In Nov 1943 he shipped over to Bari in Italy, and in April 1944 he is joined by two of his brothers Ardie (Adolf) and Roly (Roland) who joined his unit.
1945 - He embarked for home on 17th March 1945 from Tunisia, and arrived in Wellington on 24th April 1945.
His was discharged from the Army on 3rd August 1945, giving him a total service time of 4 years, and 185 days.
Cyril & Rita Omundsen are buried in the Aramoho Cemetery Wanganui, New Zealand, Plot 316 , RC, Lawn B/5 | Omundsen, Cyril Leonard (Tom) (I11)
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Theodore Kimestad is a brother to Martin Tronstad's wife Lotte | Kimestad, Charlotte (Lotte) Thygesen (I323)
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Theodore Kimestad is a brother to Martin Tronstad's wife Lotte | Kimestad, Theodor Thygesen (I329)
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Thomas was killed in action WW1 | Benefield, Thomas C (I2192)
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Tim is working in Papua New Guinea and lives in Cairns Australia | Omundsen, Timothy James (I607)
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To access the "Family Search" web site you must sign in | Source (S10)
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To access the "Family Search" web site you must sign in. | Source (S9)
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To access the "Family Search" web site you must sign in. | Source (S8)
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Tony and Kathleen were divorced | Hirst, Anthony (Tony) (I753)
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Torjus died as a baby | Jorgensen, Torjus (I399)
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Victor's Details:
Rank - Flying Officer (Instr.)
Service No. 41302
Aged 28
Notes from a book by ex R.A.F. P.O.W.'s in Germany:
They were flying a Wellington Bomber Mission to Osnabruck. From a crew of six, two were New Zealanders, and they were the only ones killed near Duisburg, when they were shot down.
Victor was the Pilot and kept the craft steady while the rest of the crew bailed out.
On the 9th Sept 1943, F/Lt Victor Benefield was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross
Location of the Reichswald Forest War Cemetry in Germany.
The cemetry is five kilometers south west of Kleve. From Kleve take the Hoffmannallee from the town centre, which becomes the Grunewaldstrasse. Follow the directions for Gennep, and on entering Reichswald Forest, the cemetry is situated 500 meters on the left.
Plot 2 - Row H - Grave No.6
There are 7654 graves in this cemetery, of these 127 are from New Zealand
https://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2003400/REICHSWALD%20FOREST%20WAR%20CEMETERY
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William (Percy) & Mabel are buried in the Aramoho Cemetery Wanganui
Plot 133 Roman Catholic Lawn/A/3 | Benefield, William Thomas Percival (I39)
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William (Percy) & Mabel are buried in the Aramoho Cemetery Wanganui
Plot 133 Roman Catholic Lawn/A/3 | Rowe, Mabel Frances (I150)
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William Henry Jones enlisted in the army on the 7/12/1816, at the age of 18. This was a year after the end of the Napoleonic Wars in which his regiment had fought in many battles.
The next year (1817) his first duty was to accompany a convict ship to Sydney.
In 1821 he requested his commanding officer permission to marry Mary Gowen, who is the daughter of John Gowen, onetime Corporal of Marines on HMS Sirius of the First Fleet and later shopkeeper in Liverpool New South Wales Australia.
In 1824 he petitioned Sir Thomas Brisbane, to be allowed to stay in the colony and not travel with his regiment to India. He asked to be given the vacant position of Sargent in the Colonies cavalry. It appears this did not happen and he and his wife go to India where the next year they have a daughter, Frances and 5 years later in 1829 a son, William Henry.
Whether his wife died in India or Gibraltar is unclear but the Date of Discharge was 11/3/1840 in Gibraltar, and he was paid out in Sydney New South Wales, Australia.
His rank at discharge was Sergeant (shown as Barack Sargent on his gravestone) William arrived on the ship 'Matilda'.
During 1851 his pension was being paid to him in New Zealand. It seems William and his son and daughter came to New Zealand in 1848 and settled at Petone, a seaside village across the harbour from Wellington.
The Jones'es had a large landholding in the centre of what is now the Wellington CBD. | Jones, William Henry (I2751)
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William is deceased | Dutton, William (I238)
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Witnesses to wedding Martin Carroll , Blanche Winnifred Stantiall and Charles
Turner. | Head, Stanley William (I657)
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