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Cenotaph record

Hector James Howells

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Hector James AWMM
  • Surname
    Howells AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII NZ413758 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1909 AWMM
  • 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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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details
    WW2 Vessel was Awatea 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
    Medical, WWII AWMM
    Injured in a training accident on 10 February 1943 with 1657 Heavy Conversion Unit at Stradishall and subsequently repatriated to New Zealand in 1944. AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
    9 May 1969 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Matamata Cemetery, Matamata, Matamata-Piako District, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
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Memorials

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Sources

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  • External links
    Find a Grave
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54490377/hector-james-howells
    Further Reference
  • References
    • 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
    • List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - Embarkation Lists, November 1940 - July 1942. Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R17845762). AWMM

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