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Francis William John Chunn

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Te Awamutu Grave Stone FLT LT Francis William John Chunn

Francis William John Chunn

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Francis William John AWMM
  • Surname
    Chunn AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 40733 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    28 June 1918 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
    Hardware merchant/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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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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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  • Husband of Pauline Jeanette Prisk (1934-1998); father of Caron (deceased), Paull and Ramon. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    15 July 2007 AWMM
    Age 89 AWMM
    Te Awamutu, Waikato AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Te Awamutu Cemetery, Te Awamutu, New Zealand AWMM Lawn, Block 1XB, Row 3, Plot No. 1366 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 16 July 2007 AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Thompson, H. (1956). New Zealanders with the Royal Air Force (Vol I). Wellington: Dept of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital Copy
    http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-1RAF.html
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Hanson, C. (2001). By such deeds: honours and awards in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, 1923-1999. Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
      p. 123 AWMM
    • Taylor, A. (1998). The New Zealand roll of honour : New Zealanders who have served their country in peace and war : 150 years, 1845-1995. Auckland, N.Z.: Roll of Honour Publications. AWMM
      p. 251 AWMM
    • Thompson, H. (1956). New Zealanders with the Royal Air Force (Vols. 1-3). Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
      Vol. 1, pp. 132, 239 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice:16 July 2007 AWMM

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