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James Robert John Begg

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James Robert John AWMM
  • Surname
    Begg AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ421616 AWMM
    • 70760 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    31 July 1912 Hanson Christchurch, Canterbury Hanson
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Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Air Force AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ421616 AWMM
    • 70760 AWMM
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
    Medical orderly/Military AWMM
  • Enlistment
    WW2 15 April 1942 Hanson
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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

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  • Served as a Medical Orderly and in medical administration for the Royal New Zealand Air Force during the war. Involved in the evacuation of prisoners of war from Singapore after the war and later in the search for missing personnel in the Southwest Pacific. Hanson, By Such Deeds, p.80. AWMM

Death

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    29 November 1979 Hanson
    Christchurch, Canterbury Hanson
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Sources

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    • 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.80 AWMM
    • 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

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