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Richard Maxwell Burns

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My Gorgeous Grandad

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Richard Maxwell AWMM
  • Surname
    Burns AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Maxwell Richard Burns AWMM
  • Service number
    415989 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    10 November 1920 RNZAF Embarkation Roll (R17845762) RNZAF Embarkation Roll (R17845762)
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
    Laboratory technician/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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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Barbara, Father of John, Alan, Owen, Katherine, Karen, Michael, Nadine, Malcolm

    Service: Henderson AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    17 December 2013 AWMM
    Age 93 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Chapel View Burial Row 10, Plot 14 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 21 December 2013 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • i miss my Granddad
    Public - Fraser - Direct descendant - 2 June 2019
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  • You will always be with me, always in my heart. I will miss you until we meet again
    Public - Robert - Other Relative - 7 June 2015
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  • Never Forgotten - Loved always xxx
    Public - Loralie - Other Relative - 17 April 2015
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Sources

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  • External links
    Auckland Council. West (Waikumete) burial and cremation records search
    http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/parksfacilities/cemeteries/Pages/westcemeterysearch.aspx
    Sources Used
  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 21 December 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
    • 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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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
02 June 2019FraserRemuera Auckland Direct descendant
07 June 2015RobertAucklandOther Relative
07 June 2015KristieTe Atatu PeninsulaOther Relative
17 April 2015Loralie AucklandOther Relative

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