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Roy David Dillon

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Roy David AWMM
  • Surname
    Dillon AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 416572 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
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Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    UK, Middle East, India Public - Stoney - Researcher - 30 January 2022 - Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 12-19 January 2019
  • Armed force / branch
    Air Force AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 416572 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
    Pilot on Wellington bombers Public - Stoney - Researcher - 31 January 2022 - Thompson, Vol 3, p352

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
    23 December 2018 AWMM
    Age 95 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 12-19 January 2019

    In Memoriam: New Zealand Herald, 23 December 2020 AWMM
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Memorial

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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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