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Geoffrey Courthope Salt

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All crew PoW. F/O. Geoffrey Courthope Salt NZ/415382 RNZAF PoW No: 780 Camp: Stalag Luft Sagan (with great assistance from Errol Martyn and the son of another crew member.

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Geoffrey Courthope AWMM
  • Surname
    Salt AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ415382 AWMM
    • WWII 415382 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    7 October 1913 BDM 1992/50217 Surry Hills, Sydney BDM 1992/50217
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 34 Marshland Road, Shirley, Christchurch AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Married/WWII AWMM
    Beatrice Ruby (nee Hueston) AWMM

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/Military AWMM
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Mercer/Civilian Ballot List
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    WW2 POW - Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany Public Source
  • 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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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    8 December 1992 BDM 1992/50217
    Christchurch, Canterbury BDM 1992/50217
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Canterbury Memorial Gardens & Crematorium AWMM Roselands, L7 AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • New Zealand, World War II Ballot Lists, 1940–1945. [Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette.] CD-ROM. Ravensbourne, Dunedin, New Zealand: Colonial CD Books, n.d. AWMM
    • New Zealand, World War II Appointments, Promotions, Transfers and Resignations, 1939–1945. [Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette.] CD-ROM. Ravensbourne, Dunedin, New Zealand: Colonial CD Books, n.d. 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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