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Leticia Lena Waetford

Portrait of Leticia Lena Eckhold, New Zealand Women's Auxiliary Air Force. Image kindly provided by Mark Cavanagh (January 2022).

Portrait of Leticia Lena Eckhold, New Zealand Women's Auxiliary Air Force. Image kindly provided by …

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Identity

  • Title
  • Forenames
    Leticia Lena AWMM
  • Surname
    Waetford AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Leticia Lena Eckhold AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII W5254 AWMM
  • Gender
    Female AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1921 WAAF Strengths (R21072930)
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • 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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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
    Women's Auxilliary 1 (WA1)/Military Errol Martyn WAAF Research
  • Enlistment
    WW2 15 May 1943 Errol Martyn WAAF Research HobsonvilleAuckland Errol Martyn WAAF Research
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

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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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Daughter of Edward Whatanui Waetford and Rawinia Wells. She had two brothers and a sister who also served in World War II. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • This record was partially compiled from data kindly provided by Errol Martyn (2020) AWMM
    • Strengths, WAAF [Women's Auxiliary Air Force], Returns - December 1942 - February 1950. Archives New Zealand (R21072930) AWMM

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