Annie Elizabeth (Thomsen) Wallis (1892 - 1959)

Annie Elizabeth Thomsen was born 1892 in Masterton, Wairarapa, New Zealand. She died 1959 in New Zealand. She was daughter of Hans Carl Thomsen and Mary Ellen Griffiths. Annie Elizabeth married William Forfar Wallis on 17 Oct. 1919 in St Andrew's Church, Carterton, New Zealand. They had 1 child:

1. Bernard Forfar Wallis, b. 1924, d. 23 Apr. 1944.

From LITTLE STAUGHTON - RAF Book of Remembrance No 109 & No 582 Squadrons

"22 / 23 April 1944

Took off from Little Staughton at 22.14. Task was to bomb railway yards. The plane was shot down by a night fighter and exploded, crashing in flames at Dives, north-east of Compiegne, with a loss of the whole crew.

WALLIS Bernard Forfar: Pilot Officer 413326. Pilot 582 (R.A.F.) Sqdn., Royal New Zealand Air Force. Died Sunday 23 April 1944. Age 20. Son of William Forfar Wallis, and of Anne Elizabeth Wallis (nee Thomson), of Wellington, New Zealand. Buried: ROYE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France. Ref. Plot 2. Row AB. Coll. grave 16-18".

Her given name was also written as Ann Elizabeth or Anne Elizabeth in the sources. 1)

1) Missen website.
LITTLE STAUGHTON - RAF Book of Remembrance.