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Horace Flloyd Williams

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Portrait of Horace Flloyd Williams, 539092 (2014). © NZIPP Photograph by Anthony McKee 4008. CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Portrait of Horace Flloyd Williams, 539092 (2014). © NZIPP Photograph by Anthony McKee 4008. CC-BY-N …

Identity

  • Title
  • Forenames
    Horace Flloyd AWMM
  • Surname
    Williams AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII 539092 AWMM
    • WWII NZ539092 AWMM
    • 75759 AWMM
    • W75759 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    13 October 1919 AWMM WestportBuller District AWMM
  • 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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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
    Airframe fitter/Civilian Hanson
  • Enlistment
    • WW2 4 September 1939 Hanson
    • 14 February 1951 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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  • Also served 14 february 1951 to 15 March 1971. Escaped from Singapore WW2 to NZ. 41 sqn 1957 to 59, 1961 posted in. 1961 18 May photo with AVM Calder. 1962 posted out. 1965 Vietnam. Veteran source.

    Member of the Waimate RSA. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    12 June 2014 Cemetery Record
    Age 94 AWMM
    WaimateCanterbury Cemetery Record
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Waimate Lawn Cemetery, Waimate, Canterbury AWMM Plot 3633, RSA Area AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • This record was partially compiled from information provided by the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photographers (NZIPP) Veteran Portrait Project. AWMM
    • 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.515 AWMM

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