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Alexander Dunbar Simpson

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Alexander Dunbar Simpson

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alexander Dunbar AWMM
  • Surname
    Simpson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Sam AWMM
  • Service number
    • NZ427055 AWMM
    • NZ427055 / 131800 Public - John - Researcher - 3 October 2021 - C. Hanson By Such Deeds page 439
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    4 January 1924 Public - John - Researcher - 3 October 2021 - BDM 2001/4551
  • Place of birth
    Wanganui Public - John - Researcher - 3 October 2021 - C. Hanson By Such Deeds page 439
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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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

Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Father of Lee, Jan AWMM
    • and Grant Public - Grant - Child - 7 July 2021 - Family Oral History

Death

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  • Death
    13 October 2009 AWMM
    Age 85 AWMM
    Kaitaia, Northland AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 16 October 2009 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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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
    • 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. 439 AWMM
    • Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
      Martyn, E. (2008). Vol. 3, p. 610, ref. 168 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 16 October 2009 AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
03 October 2021JohnPerth WAResearcher
07 July 2021GrantWhanganui New ZealandChild
05 August 2018Robert Graham AlexanderWoodnewton UKOther

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