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Cenotaph record

Alan Thomas Proffitt

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alan Thomas AWMM
  • Surname
    Proffitt AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII NZ43949 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    26 July 1923 AWMM Napier, Hawkes Bay AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
    Engineer/Military AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Pacific Theatre of War AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Air Force AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII NZ43949 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
    Pilot AWMM
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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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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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Served as a Pilot.

    Husband of Peggy. Attended Napier Boys' High School and Canterbury University College.

    Later oversaw the design and construction of the Terrace tunnel in Wellington as the district Civil Engineer for the Ministry of Works. Source: Obituary, Dominion Post, 22 February 2014. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    18 January 2014 Death Notice
    Age 90 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
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  • Obituary
    Obituary: Dominion Post, 22 February 2014 AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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    • 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
    • Dominion Post AWMM
      Death Notice: 22/01/2014 AWMM

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