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Denys Staples Hamilton

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Denys Staples AWMM
  • Surname
    Hamilton AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ40767 AWMM
    • WWII 131467 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
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  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    4 October 1920 AWMM Christchurch, Canterbury AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 12 March 1940 AWMM
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  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Father of Group Captain J.H.S. Hamilton. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    12 June 1996 AWMM
    Porangahau, Hawkes Bay AWMM
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  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    Hanson, C. (2001). By such deeds: honours and awards in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, 1923-1999. Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
    p.228 AWMM

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