Date of Birth: Born at Pukerimu, Cambridge
Personal Details: R.L. Caley was the son of the late Mr and Mrs R. Caley of Pukerimu. It seems he may have gone to school in the Cambridge district, but upon leaving school he was sheep-farming in Gisborne and the Hawkes Bay region before joining the RNZAF as a Navigator.

Service Details: LAC R.L. Caley left New Zealand on the ship Awatea for Canada on the 18th of June 1941 along with another Cambridge airman, Bill Stuart. He trained at No. 6 Air Observers School at Prince Albert, but he did not graduate from the course.

This airman was one of a handful who were training in Canada who were allowed to make a Christmas broadcast on New Zealand radio to send their greetings to family and friends back home. This recording is held in the New Zealand Sound Archives

Died: Robert Caley died at Atiamuri in 1981

Connection with Cambridge: Robert Caley was born and bred in the Cambridge district

Note: I am assuming that Robert leonard Caley is the same R.L. Caley that was in the RNZAF. I found his full name while searching probates on the website of Archives New Zealand, and I am awaiting confirmation that this Robert Caley was the same man born in Pukerimu, Cambridge