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Hugh Graham Findlater

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Hugh Graham AWMM
  • Surname
    Findlater AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ416969 AWMM
    • WWII 416969 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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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
    6 June 1944 Normandy Landings AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Air Force AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ416969 AWMM
    • WWII 416969 AWMM
  • Military service
    RNZAF 1941 to 1946 Public - John - Researcher - 6 December 2023 - Obituary and military records
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
    • Flying Officer FG OFF Public - John - Researcher - 27 January 2021 - NZ Gazette
    • Flight Lieutenant (FLT LT) Public - John - Researcher - 6 December 2023 - Obituary and military records

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details
    • WW2 Vessel was Day Star AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM
    • Departed Auckland on 31 October 1942 for San Francisco, arriving on 21 November. Public - Stoney - Researcher - 7 December 2023 - For Your Tomorrow, E W Martyn; Vol 3 p605

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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    • Enlisted as an ACH (AMD), or Aircraft Hand (Aircraft Maintenance Duties), at RNZAF Station Taieri while he awaited his flying training course. Public - John - Researcher - 6 December 2023 - Military records
    • He was a B-25 Mitchell pilot, and also flew Austers during WWII. Public - John - Researcher - 6 December 2023 - Dave Homewood Wins over NZ
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Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
    2 December 2023 Public - John - Researcher - 6 December 2023 - Published by The New Zealand Herald on Dec. 6, 2023.
  • Age at death
    100 Public - John - Researcher - 6 December 2023 - Published by The New Zealand Herald on Dec. 6, 2023.
  • Place of death
    At Home in Takapuna Auckland Public - John - Researcher - 6 December 2023 - Published by The New Zealand Herald on Dec. 6, 2023.
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Unknown Public - John - Researcher - 6 December 2023 - Published by The New Zealand Herald on Dec. 6, 2023.
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Hugh FINDLATER Obituary
    FINDLATER, Hugh Graham (Captain). Flight Lieutenant Service No: 416969. NAC/Air New Zealand for 31 years. On the 2nd December 2023 at home, 100 years of age with family at his side. Husband of the late Dorne. Loved Father and Father-in-law of Sharon and Graham (deceased), Kevin and Toni, Jill and David, Jo and Ken. A loving influence on his 11 Grandchildren and 18 Great Grandchildren. Grateful thanks to his wonderful caregivers; Jenny, Olga, Jamie and Michelle. A service to celebrate Hugh's life will be held at Takapuna Boat Club, 39 The Strand, Takapuna on Monday 11 December at 11am.
    Published by The New Zealand Herald on Dec. 6, 2023. Public - John - Researcher - 6 December 2023 - Published by The New Zealand Herald on Dec. 6, 2023.
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Sources

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  • External links
    Morgan Tait, ' Kiwi Veterans Honoured', New Zealand Herald 15 April, 2015
    http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11432668
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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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07 December 2023StoneyTuakauResearcher
06 December 2023JohnBlenheimResearcher

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