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Douglas Charles Hill

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Douglas Charles AWMM
  • Surname
    Hill 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
    Unknown AWMM Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • 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
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  • Age on enlistment

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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  • Husband of Doris Ella nee MacCubbin; father of Derek, Diana, David

    He was a member of the "Goldfish Club".

    Date and time of ditching, 4 July 1942 approx 0001, Gibralatar. The cause of the incident pilot error, crahed in sea. Time spent in water 30 minutes. AWMM

Death

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    5 March 2008 AWMM
    Age 88 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
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  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 8 March 2008 AWMM
  • Memorial name
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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    • Personnel - Demobilisation - RNZN [Royal New Zealand Navy], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, N1/427 (R21465798) AWMM
    • Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
      Vol. 3 p. 590 ref. 35 AWMM
    • The Evening Post AWMM
      Vol. CXXXIX, Issue 58, 9 March 1945, Page 8 Dominion Interest - personal paragraphs AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 8 March 2008 AWMM
    • Record Book of Naval Personnel - c.1920-1945 - Lists Navy number, alphabetical list of names of ratings trained in England, numerical lists of officers. Archives New Zealand, R21346617, AAYT 8495 N12 AWMM
    • Personnel - War service - Required for RN [Royal Navy] - Fleet air arm (naval airmen) - Scheme F (Part 1), Archives New Zealand, R21465675, AAYT AWMM
    • Personnel - War service - Required for RN [Royal Navy] - Fleet air arm (naval airmen) - Scheme F (Part 8), Archives New Zealand, R21465683, AAYT AWMM
    • Allison, D., Richards, R., & Fleet Air Arm Museum of New Zealand. (2009). Flying navy : the story of new zealanders who flew in the fleet air arm in world war i and world war ii and the roll of honour of those who died in action and on active service. Auckland [N.Z.] : Fleet Air Arm Museum of New Zealand. AWMM

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