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Roderick Dickson Harkness

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Roderick Dickson AWMM
  • Surname
    Harkness AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Dick AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 415316 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    3 September 1920 AWMM Levin, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
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  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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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  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
    Cancer AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

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  • Son of Roderick Dickson and Mary Hannah Harkness of Palmerston North.

    Brother of Donald A. Harkness DFC (NZ411400) killed during WW2 AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    13 June 2001 AWMM
    Age 80 AWMM
    Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
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  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
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  • Obituary
    Obituary: Sunday Star Times, 24 June 2001 AWMM
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Sources

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  • References
    • Hanson, C. (2001). By such deeds: honours and awards in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, 1923-1999. Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
    • Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
    • Sunday Star Times AWMM
    • Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
      Martyn, E. (2008). vol. 3 p. 600 [ref 96] 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
      Hanson, C. (2001).p. 233-4 AWMM
    • Sunday Star Times AWMM
      Obituary: Sunday Star Times, 24 June 2001 AWMM
    • This record is a work in progress and was partially compiled from the “Database of New Zealand Airmen who took part in Advanced Air Training in Canada during WW2”. Researched by Ivan and Lorna Lindsey of Tauranga. N.Z. 2003 – 2012. Reproduced with permission. AWMM

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