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Cenotaph record

Peter Douglas Gifford

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Peter Douglas AWMM
  • Surname
    Gifford AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII NZ41476 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    14 April 1915 Rudge Christchurch, Canterbury Rudge
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  • Place of birth
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  • 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 19 January 1941 Rudge Royal New Zealand Air Force Rudge
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  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

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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Death

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  • Death
    16 December 2001 Rudge
    Age 86 AWMM
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  • Obituary
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • Rudge, C. (2003). Air-to-air : the story behind the air-to-air combat claims of the RNZAF. Lyttelton, N.Z.: Adventure Air. AWMM
    • List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - Embarkation Lists, November 1940 - July 1942. Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R17845762). AWMM

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