aircrew

Name:

denis clough

Joined: August 14, 2009, 10:44 am
Last Active: September 11, 2011, 5:02 pm

About Me:

hi there.. i'm an amateur part time ww2 RNZAF aircrew veteran researcher/archivist of the rotorua/bop area but also have an interest in army veterans and have a smaller number of army veteran research,interviews and files. my maternal grandfather was a ww1 maori reinforcements corporal maku hale (ngati porou ki hauraki). he and his wife (my grandmother) riria hale (nee harrison waipiro bay)produced 17 children born and raised at kennedy bay, coromandel.as i understand, 3 son's (my uncles) were c coy ww2 maori batt.two of whom were richard aka curly and frank hale, and their sister my birth mum was, mere arihi aka alice virginia hale. i also have other uncles of the NZ division, 1 who became a POW on crete then escaped into the mountains for a good number of weeks then was recaptured,he was lnc.bmdr.b w johnson,maketu. another lt.col. r. b. dawson (dso crete,m.i.d.) who survived the war from greece and rose to post war major general, chief of staff and also pvt. engineer, robert "buster" clough who was wounded at the railway station in the battle of cassino in italy... cheers,denis.

Comments I've posted:

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workmate	Duddin and Dad, Rotorua RSA, ANZAC Day 2009	1	41 weeks 3 days ago
peter mcintyre	sister marguerite king..a true soldier.. as sketched by Peter Mcintyre	1	1 year 34 weeks ago
sister margarite king.nzef med corp.	Sister marguerite king's medals..	1	1 year 34 weeks ago
	E V Hayward personal diary 1942-new years eve 43	1	49 weeks 2 days ago
	Cecil (blokie) Hayward's ( pilot raf rnzaf fighter wing) grave site.	1	37 weeks 6 days ago
	Brothers in arms..	1	37 weeks 6 days ago