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Cenotaph record

Maurice Colgan Mayston

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'Flying-officers M.C. Mayston and R.H. Le Tourret returning from operations.', Auckland Weekly News, 20 September 1944. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19440920-22-1. Image is subject to copyright restrictions.

'Flying-officers M.C. Mayston and R.H. Le Tourret returning from operations.', Auckland Weekly News, …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Maurice Colgan AWMM
  • Surname
    Mayston AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Red AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII NZ422304 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    26 June 1921 Hanson Calcutta, India Hanson
  • Date of birth
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  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
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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
    Pilot Hanson
  • Enlistment
    WW2 4 April 1942 Hanson
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Member of the Petone RSA.

    On D-Day his squadron shot down the first German bomber over the Normandy battlefield, and quickly followed it with a second. From then until August 1945, Maurice was on continuous active service and was based in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. Mayston was awarded the Legion d'Honneur, France's highest military honour, for service on D-Day and the Normandy Landings. (Ministry for Culture and Heritage) AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    20 October 1919 AWMM
    Petone, Wellington AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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