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Basil Watkin

Basil Watkin with the Queen 1977 - This image may be subject to copyright

Basil Watkin with the Queen 1977 - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

  • Title
  • Forenames
    Basil AWMM
  • Surname
    Watkin AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

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
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

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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  • Squadron Leader Basil Watkin, of the 487 (New Zealand) Squadron, RAF, was born in Opotiki and joined the RAF in 1938. He flew Coastal Command, and instructed in Canada and New Zealand before flying Mosquito fighter bombers over France in 1944.

    Kiwis with the RAF

    New Zealand casualty figures reflect the part New Zealanders played in the air war over Europe. Of the 10,950 New Zealanders who served with the Royal Air Force, 3258 (some 30 per cent) were killed, at least 138 wounded and 568 became prisoners of war.

    A photograph of Basil Watkin is part of the exhibit at the Auckland War Memorial Museum 'Kiwis with the RAF' of 'Scars on the Heart'. AWMM
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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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Roll of Honour

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Sources

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