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James Duncan Abbot

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James Duncan AWMM
  • Surname
    Abbot AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII NZ39713 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    16 April 1919 AWMM Christchurch, Canterbury AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mr Gavin Melville Abbot (father) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Single AWMM

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 NZ39713 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/Military AWMM
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1939 AWMM
    Age 20 AWMM
  • 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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  • Son of Gavin Melville Abbot (WW1 13/280).

    Four sons, brothers served in WW2 David Alexander (A 401219) James Duncan (NZ39713) and Newton Bishop Abbot (NZ451389) and Gavin Malcolm Abbot (80132).

    Mr Abbot was a member of the Air Force ground staff on enlistment (between 1939 and 1940). He was transferred from Ground Staff to 'General Duties' Flying as a pilot. He was held in New Zealand as a Pilot Instructor until circa 1943. He was then made Captain of the Catalinas with the 5 and 6 Squadrons in the Pacific. AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    4 January 2004 AWMM
    Tauranga, Bay of Plenty AWMM
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  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Pyes Pa Cremation AWMM
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    Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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