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Roy Lawrence Austin

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Portrait of Flying Officer Roy Lawrence Austin, c.Second World War. Image kindly provided by Lisa Sutton (July 2020).

Portrait of Flying Officer Roy Lawrence Austin, c.Second World War. Image kindly provided by Lisa Su …

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Identity

  • Title
  • Forenames
    Roy Lawrence AWMM
  • Surname
    Austin AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ415054 AWMM
    • WWII 415054 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 7 August 1941 AWMM General clerk AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • 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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Flew 738 hours of which 190 were operational, 225 sorties.
    65 Squadron, 1 October 1942 - 1 May 1943

    126 Squadron, 10 June 1943 - 9 August 1944

    Test Flight, 16 October 1944 - 10 March 1945 AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Oxford Public Cemetery, Oxford, Canterbury AWMM Plot 58 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Roll of Honour

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  • Blessings forever our precious friend Roy Lawrence Austin.
    INTEGRITY
    SERVICE
    COURAGE
    INTELLECT
    HUMOUR
    SOCIAL CONSCIENCE
    DEFENDER OF THE DISADVANTAGED
    Public - Noelene Wanda - Friend - 25 April 2021
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • 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
    • Information kindly provided by family 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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