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Mervin Francis Brown

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Mervin Francis AWMM
  • Surname
    Brown AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Merv AWMM
  • Service number
    NZ413735 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    28 December 1920 AWMM Rangataua, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
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  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
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Service

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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
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  • POW serial number

Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Jill

    Justice of the Peace AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    4 January 2013 AWMM
    Age 92 AWMM
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  • Cemetery
    North Shore Memorial Park and Crematorium (Schnapper Rock), Albany, North Shore City, New Zealand AWMM Northern Division Rsa Burials Section 2 Block E Row G Plot 6 AWMM
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  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 7 January 2013 AWMM
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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
      Vol. 3, p.596-7, ref.72 AWMM
    • 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.99 AWMM
    • Ross, J. (1955). Royal New Zealand Air Force. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
      p.324,331 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: 7 January 2013 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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