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Edward Vincent Flight

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Edward Vincent AWMM
  • Surname
    Flight AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    430215 AWMM
  • 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 National Park, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs K.R. Flight (mother), PO Te Rangiita, Lake Taupo, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    430215 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Joyce; father of Lorraine, Shirley, Jeffrey, Richard and Maureen. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    13 January 2006 AWMM
    Age 84 AWMM
    Rotorua, Bay of Plenty AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cremated at Rotorua Crematorium, 160 Sala Street, Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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