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Richard James Alexander Blackstock

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Richard James Alexander AWMM
  • Surname
    Blackstock AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII 401453 AWMM
    • WWII NZ401543 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    19 December 1918 AWMM Eltham, Taranaki AWMM
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  • Next of kin on embarkation
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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 401453 AWMM
    • WWII NZ401543 AWMM
  • Military service
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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    WW2 POW - Stalag VIII-B (later 344), Lamsdorf, Poland POW section 8 Air Forces, p.79
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number
    WWII 32411 AWMM

Medical history

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Harry Alexander Blackstock and Wilhelmina Blackstock (nee Watkins). AWMM

Death

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    29 December 1981 AWMM
    Age 64 AWMM
    Eltham, Taranaki AWMM
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  • Cemetery
    Eltham Cemetery Anderson Road Eltham Taranaki New Zealand AWMM
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Sources

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    • Cenotaph data entry form AWMM
    • War Office. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 8 : Air Forces. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM
      p.79 AWMM

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