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Robert Athol Brill

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Robert Athol AWMM
  • Surname
    Brill AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    K74184 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    27 July 1933 AWMM Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
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  • Birth notes
  • 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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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
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  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Margaret; father of Frances, Angela, Anthony. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    8 June 2009 AWMM
    Age 75 AWMM
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  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
    Cremated AWMM
  • Cemetery name
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  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 10 June 2009 AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • Documents
    • Hanson, C. (2001). By such deeds: honours and awards in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, 1923-1999. Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald 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. 96 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 10 June 2009 AWMM

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