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Albert Edgar Larcombe

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Albert Edgar AWMM
  • Surname
    Larcombe AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ404138 AWMM
    • WWII 13711 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    19 March 1917 Hanson Okaiawa, Taranaki Hanson
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  • 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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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 25 October 1940 Hanson Radiotrician Ballot List
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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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  • Served with No 7 [Pathfinder Force] Squadron RAF and No 8 [PFF] Group HQ. Post war service with RNZAF Territorial Air Force, 1 Air Defence HQ Auckland. Husband of Denise. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    2006 Death Notice
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  • Cemetery
    Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Howick, Auckland AWMM
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  • Born 19th March 1917 Died 11 August 2006

    Served with the Pathfinders of Bomber Command 7 squadron RAF
    Public - Jenny - Direct descendant - 25 April 2018
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Sources

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    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: 12/08/2006 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
    • New Zealand, World War II Appointments, Promotions, Transfers and Resignations, 1939–1945. [Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette.] CD-ROM. Ravensbourne, Dunedin, New Zealand: Colonial CD Books, n.d. AWMM
    • New Zealand, World War II Ballot Lists, 1940–1945. [Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette.] CD-ROM. Ravensbourne, Dunedin, New Zealand: Colonial CD Books, n.d. AWMM

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25 April 2018JennyBlenheimDirect descendant

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