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Jack E. Dawber

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    • Jack E. AWMM
    • Jack Edwin Public - John - Researcher - 1 April 2021 - Obituary
  • Surname
    Dawber AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 414599 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • 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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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Air Force AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 414599 AWMM
  • Military service
    Enlisted 17 August 1941 Public - John - Researcher - 1 April 2021 - Errol Martyn informed me
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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details
    WW2 Vessel was Monterey 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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  • Jack started training as a pilot but before graduation he remustered to navigator. He then got his brevet and served as a Observer/Navigator during the war. Public - John - Researcher - 1 April 2021 - Information from funeral service

Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
    27 March 2021 Public - John - Researcher - 1 April 2021 - Published in The Press from Mar. 30 to Mar. 31, 2021
  • Age at death
    101 Public - John - Researcher - 1 April 2021 - Published in The Press from Mar. 30 to Mar. 31, 2021
  • Place of death
    Diana Isaac Hospital Christchurch Public - John - Researcher - 1 April 2021 - Published in The Press from Mar. 30 to Mar. 31, 2021
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Published in The Press from Mar. 30 to Mar. 31, 2021 Public - John - Researcher - 1 April 2021 - Published in The Press from Mar. 30 to Mar. 31, 2021
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    This record is a work in progress and was partially compiled from the “Database of New Zealand Airmen who took part in Advanced Air Training in Canada during WW2”. Researched by Ivan and Lorna Lindsey of Tauranga. N.Z. 2003 – 2012. Reproduced with permission. AWMM

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01 April 2021JohnPerth WAResearcher

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