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Cenotaph record

Alan Colin Hayton

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Major Hayton about 1944. - This image may be subject to copyright

Major Hayton about 1944. - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alan Colin AWMM
  • Surname
    Hayton AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    281438 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Methodist, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    24 July 1919 AWMM Hawera, Taranaki AWMM
    Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 20 April 1905 AWMM Fillis Street, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Medical practitioner AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr E.C. Hayton (father), Fillis Street, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 13 December 1944 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Ernest Colin Hayton and Lilian May (nee Dickson)

    Two of his brothers and a sister also served in World War 2. Gilbert McLean Hayton (42503) with the Royal Air Force, Lilian Mary Hayton (W2239), and Thomas Stuart Dickson Hayton (472527) with the New Zealand Forces

    Cenotaph record initially prepared with the serviceman in 1999 AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 14 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1944 to 31st December, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 14: WW2 42 AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • Cenotaph record initially prepared with the service person. AWMM

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