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Harry Seddon Pettit

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  • Service number
    • WWII 411444 AWMM
    • 4114444 Public - John - Researcher - 6 August 2018 - Death notice
    • NZ4114444 Public - John - Researcher - 8 July 2021 - Military records
  • Also known as
    • Bunt AWMM
    • Bunt Public - John - Researcher - 6 August 2018 - Death notice
  • Armed force / branch
    Air Force AWMM
  • Last rank
    Flight Lieutenant/Military AWMM
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    • Harry Seddon AWMM
    • Harry Seddon Public - John - Researcher - 6 August 2018 - Death notice
  • Surname
    Pettit AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Bunt AWMM
    • Bunt Public - John - Researcher - 6 August 2018 - Death notice
  • Service number
    • WWII 411444 AWMM
    • 4114444 Public - John - Researcher - 6 August 2018 - Death notice
    • NZ4114444 Public - John - Researcher - 8 July 2021 - Military records
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    5 January 1919 RNZAF Embarkation Roll (R17845762) Dunedin, Otago RNZAF Embarkation Roll (R17845762)
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Far East (Air) AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Air Force AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWII 411444 AWMM
    • 4114444 Public - John - Researcher - 6 August 2018 - Death notice
    • NZ4114444 Public - John - Researcher - 8 July 2021 - Military records
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Training and Enlistment

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

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    POW - Java, Indonesia Chris Brooks POW research
    Captured by the Japanese AWMM
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number
    3655 K AWMM

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Jan 1942 AWMMWounds Diseases Etc., WWII AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Betty. Father of Gillian, Jack, Mary-Lynne, Richard, Christopher, Michael [dec.] AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    3 April 2012 AWMM
    Age 93 AWMM
    Waikanae, Wellington Region AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
    Waikanae Public - John - Researcher - 8 July 2021 - Billion Graves
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Waikanae Public - John - Researcher - 8 July 2021 - Billion Graves
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notrice: New Zealand Herald, 5 April 2012. AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name

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  • Date of death 03 April 2012. Death notice
    Public - John - Researcher - 6 August 2018
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
      Vol.3, p.597 AWMM
    • Rudge, C. (2003). Air-to-air : the story behind the air-to-air combat claims of the RNZAF. Lyttelton, N.Z.: Adventure Air. AWMM
    • Information on Japanese-run internment (prisoner of war) camps was kindly provided by Chris Brooks. More than 350 Japanese-run military prisoner-of-war and civilian internment and concentration camps were run throughout the "Far East" during World War II. AWMM
    • List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - Embarkation Lists, November 1940 - July 1942. Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R17845762). AWMM

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