Ronald Stanley Triner (24 December 1917 – 6 May 1943) was a New Zealand road cyclist. He was killed in an air crash during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

. In the

1938 British Empire Games The 1938 British Empire Games was the third British Empire Games, the event that evolved to become the Commonwealth Games. Held in Sydney, Australia from 5–12 February 1938, they were timed to coincide with Sydney's sesqui-centenary (150 ye ...

he competed in the Road Race, and he was a New Zealand cycling champion. He was born in

Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The List of New Zealand urban areas by population, most populous urban area in the country and the List of cities in Oceania by po ...

, and was a radio mechanic with Radio (1936) Ltd. He enlisted in the

Royal New Zealand Air Force The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) ( mi, Te Tauaarangi o Aotearoa, "The Warriors of the Sky of New Zealand"; previously ', "War Party of the Blue") is the aerial service branch of the New Zealand Defence Force. It was formed from New Zeala ...

in 1939. In 1943 he was the navigator of a Hudson aircraft that crashed on takeoff from

Waipapakauri Waipapakauri is a small settlement in the Far North District of New Zealand. It is located on State Highway 1 (New Zealand), State Highway 1 at the isthmus of the Aupouri Peninsula. The larger settlement of Awanui lies to the southeast. Waipapaka ...

in Northland for an antisubmarine patrol. Pilot Officer Triner and Sergeant William Nicholls were both killed.RNZAF ''Biographies of deceased personnel'', Air 118/62; microfilm NZ 639088, Micro Z3529 at Archives NZ, Wellington

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* 1917 births 1943 deaths New Zealand male cyclists Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand Cyclists at the 1938 British Empire Games New Zealand military personnel killed in World War II Royal New Zealand Air Force personnel Cyclists from Auckland 20th-century New Zealand people {{NewZealand-cycling-bio-stub