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Douglas Hepworth

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Douglas AWMM
  • Surname
    Hepworth AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Doug AWMM
  • Service number
    • 456990 AWMM
    • NZ4311306 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    25 July 1923 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
    Company director/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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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
  • 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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Harry and Hannah Hepworth; brother of Leonard

    Husband of Yvonne

    Embarked for overseas service as aircrew. Rank unknown AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    29 May 2011 AWMM
    Age 87 AWMM
    Paraparaumu, Wellington AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Awa Tapu Cemetery, Valley Road, Paraparaumu, Kapiti Coast, New Zealand AWMM Plot 13A LMD Public Monumental Beam AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: Dominion Post, 1 June 2011

    Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 31 May 2011 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Dominion Post AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
      Martyn, E. (2008). Vol. 3, p.614-5, ref.203 AWMM
    • Dominion Post AWMM
      Death notice: Dominion Post, 1 June 2011 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 31 May 2011 AWMM
    • This record is a work in progress and was partially compiled from the “Database of New Zealand Airmen who took part in Advanced Air Training in Canada during WW2”. Researched by Ivan and Lorna Lindsey of Tauranga. N.Z. 2003 – 2012. Reproduced with permission. AWMM

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