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Wallace Edwin Higgs

Wallace Higgs, RAF

Wallace Higgs

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Identity

  • Title
  • Forenames
    Wallace Edwin AWMM
  • Surname
    Higgs AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII 422283 AWMM
    • WWII NZ422283 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
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Air Force AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWII 422283 AWMM
    • WWII NZ422283 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details
    WW2 Vessel was Matsonia AWMM

Prisoner of war

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

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • WWII [Flying Officer] No 36 Squadron RAF. Husband of Peggy. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    10 March 2006 AWMM
    Age 82 AWMM
  • Date of death
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  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
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Memorials

Memorial

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  • Love and miss you Uncle Wal. Xx
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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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