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Douglas Mitchell Whitney

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Douglas Mitchell AWMM
  • Surname
    Whitney AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    20 June 1920 AWMM Sydney, New South Wales AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Pre 12 July 1940 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1939 AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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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
    • WW2 1 July 1945 AWMM
      Transferred to Reserve AWMM
      Flight Commander/Military AWMM
      Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM
    • Date of birth 20th June 1914 not 1920.
      Rank was Flight Lieutenant not commander.
      Date of death 12th Public - Stewart keith - Child - 28 April 2020 - Birth certificate and flying logbook

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Attended Wellington College

    Portrait in Wynn, K. (1981). The Battle of Britain: 10 July - 31 October 1940 AWMM

Death

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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Obituary
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Sources

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    • Wynn, K. (1981). A clasp for "The Few". Auckland. N.Z.: Author. AWMM
    • Wynn, K. (1981). A clasp for "The Few". Auckland. N.Z.: Author. AWMM
      Wynn, K. (1981). p. 430-432 AWMM
    • Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
    • Ministry for Culture and Heritage. (2012). New Zealanders serving with RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain, 10 July – 31 October 1940. [A list compiled by Ministry for Culture and Heritage with Errol Martyn]. AWMM

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28 April 2020Stewart keithPerth Western AustraluaChild

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