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Harry Clive Edgar Thurston

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My sweet short life is over, my eyes no longer see, No country walks, or Christmas trees, no pretty girls for me, I’ve got the chop, I’ve had it, my nightly op’s are done. But in a hundred years I’ll still be twenty-one. R. W. Gilbert

Flying Officer/ Bomb Aimer H.C.E.Thurston DFC

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Harry Clive Edgar AWMM
  • Surname
    Thurston AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 416555 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    13 November 1919 AWMM Feilding, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
  • Date of birth
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  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
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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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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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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Pathfinder Force. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    3 December 1984 AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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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
    • Hanson, C. (2001). By such deeds: honours and awards in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, 1923-1999. Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
      p.479 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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02 March 2023GregoryBrisbane AustraliaDirect descendant
06 March 2018Gregory JamesBrisbane, Australia Direct descendant

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