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Alan Williams Davis

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Identity

  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alan Williams AWMM
  • Surname
    Davis AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 425834 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1922 Press Release: French Embassy in New Zealand RangioraCanterbury Press Release: French Embassy in New Zealand
  • 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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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    1944 Press Release: French Embassy in New Zealand
    No. 2 Advanced Flying Unit and No. 11 Operational Training Unit AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details
    WW2
    Embarked overseas AWMM

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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  • "On Thursday the 7th of May, H.E. Mrs Florence Jeanblanc-Risler, Ambassador of France to New Zealand, will present Cantabrians Mr Alan Williams Davis and Mr Phillip Walter D’Arcy Stewart with the medal of Knight of the national Order of the Legion of Honour during a ceremony at the Christchurch Memorial RSA" (Source: Cantabrian World War II soldiers to be awarded French Legion (5 May 2015) Press Release: French Embassy in New Zealand). AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    14 August 2021 AWMM
  • 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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  • Memorial name

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Sources

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