Greville Randell b. 16 Jun 1920 Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand d. 15 Jan 1944 Green Islands, Papua New Guinea

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Name	Greville Randell
Born	16 Jun 1920	Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Gender	Male
Military Service	Green Islands, Papua New Guinea
	FULL NAME Greville Randell RANK LAST HELD Flying Officer WAR World War II, 1939-1945 SERIAL NO. NZ427230 GENDER Male DATE OF BIRTH 14 October 1920 PLACE OF BIRTH Tauranga, New Zealand OCCUPATION BEFORE ENLISTMENT Electroplater BODY ON EMBARKATION Royal New Zealand Air Force LAST UNIT SERVED Royal New Zealand Air Force, 16 Squadron PLACE OF DEATH Pacific DATE OF DEATH 15 January 1945 AGE AT DEATH 24 YEAR OF DEATH 1945 CAUSE OF DEATH Killed whilst on an unsuccessful air operation to rescue a downed pilot CEMETERY NAME Bourail New Zealand War Cemetery, New Caledonia GRAVE REFERENCE 8.09 MEMORIAL NAME Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories Memorial stone, Museum of Transport & Technology (MOTAT), Auckland, New Zealand BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES Son of William Edgar Randell and of Ivy Margaret Randell (nee Poad); husband of June Florence Randell, of Hataitai, Wellington Source http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/31061.detail
Died	15 Jan 1944	Green Islands, Papua New Guinea [2]
Buried	Bourail New Zealand War Cemetery, New Caledonia
		Headstone
Person ID	I17023	Frost Family
Last Modified	2 Jan 2014

Father	William Edgar Randell, b. 30 Jun 1894, Levin, Horowhenua, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand , d. 5 Aug 1965, Auckland, New Zealand (Age 71 years)
Mother	Ivy Margaret Poad, b. 7 Nov 1894, Levin, Horowhenua, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand , d. 04 Sep 1999, Auckland, New Zealand (Age 104 years)
Married	4 Feb 1920	Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
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Family ID	F9017	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family	J.F.J. Hopkinson
Last Modified	5 Oct 2013
Family ID	F8903	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

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	Born - 16 Jun 1920 - Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
	Military Service - - Green Islands, Papua New Guinea
	Died - 15 Jan 1944 - Green Islands, Papua New Guinea

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[S295] Scott Randell's Family Tree, Scott Randell.
[S293] BDM NZ Historical Records, (http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.identityservices.govt.nz/home/), 1945/60419 (Reliability: 3).
Randell Greville aged 24Y