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Robert Laird Scott

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Gravestone of Wing Commander Robert Laird Scott and Women's Auxiliary Leader Joan Mabel Scott, Whenua Tapu Cemetery, Pukerua Bay, Wellington. Image kindly provided by Simon Strombom (July 2020).

Gravestone of Wing Commander Robert Laird Scott and Women's Auxiliary Leader Joan Mabel Scott, Whenu …

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Robert Laird AWMM
  • Surname
    Scott AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII NZ403475 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    10 August 1918 Hanson Hanson
  • Date of birth
  • 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
    Pilot/Military Hanson
  • Enlistment
    WW2 29 September 1940 Hanson
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  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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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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  • Commanding Officer of 6 Squadron, RNZAF, May to August 1952; Commanding Officer of 5 Squadron, RNZAF, May 1958 to October 1961. Source: Hanson, By Such Deeds, p.430. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    26 July 1986 AWMM
    Age 67 AWMM
    Titahi Bay, Wellington AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Whenua Tapu Cemetery, Pukerua Bay, Wellington AWMM Plot 10, Row H, Servicepersons Ashes Area, Eastern Division AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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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.430 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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