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John William Filder Atkin

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John William Filder Atkin - Known as "Jack Atkin"

John William Filder Atkin

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John William Filder AWMM
  • Surname
    Atkin AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    NZ411057 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
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • WW2 POW - Stalag VIII-B (later 344), Lamsdorf, Poland AWMM
      Mainz, Germany AWMM
      12 August 1942 AWMM
      Raid on Mainz, Germany, Atkin was rear gunner in a Wellington brought down and crashing near Dusseldorf, Germany AWMM
    • WW2
      Germany, Europe AWMM
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number
    25659 AWMM

Medical history

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Margaret; father of Murray AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    18 July 2005 AWMM
    Age 83 AWMM
    Kawakawa, Bay of Islands AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Maunu Cemetery, Cemetery Road off State Highway 14, Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand AWMM Forest Lawn. Plot 2502 AWMM
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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
22 February 2023KelvinNorfolk, EnglandResearcher
04 September 2020StevenAuckland, New ZealandDirect descendant

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