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Stuart Richard Bisset

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Headstone, Reichswald Forest Cemetery, 1998 Adriaan de Winter and Ton van Alphen - This image may be subject to copyright

Headstone, Reichswald Forest Cemetery, 1998 Adriaan de Winter and Ton van Alphen - This image may be …

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Stuart Richard AWMM
  • Surname
    Bisset AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • NZ415738 AWMM
    • WWII 415738 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    23 October 1922 RNZAF Biographies (R17845607) Kaitaia, Northland RNZAF Biographies (R17845607)
  • Date of birth
    23rd October 1922 Public - Kelvin - Researcher - 16 January 2022 - http://www.aircrewremembered.com/wood-benjamin-brinley.html
  • Place of birth
    Kaitaia Public - Kelvin - Researcher - 16 January 2022 - http://www.aircrewremembered.com/wood-benjamin-brinley.html
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mr A. Bissett, Te Awamutu, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW2 Parents Mr & Mrs Bisset of Waihi AWMM
    • Son of Alexander (died 22nd November 1959, age 74) and Aline Constance Bisset (née Rutledge - died 05th March 1983, age 88), of Kaitaia, Auckland, New Zealand. Public - Kelvin - Researcher - 16 January 2022 - http://www.aircrewremembered.com/wood-benjamin-brinley.html
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Service

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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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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Stuart Bisset was the son of Alexander and Aline Constance Bisset, of Kaitaia, New Zealand.

    At the time of his death, he was attached to Bomber Command.

    In 1998 Adriaan de Winter and Ton van Alphen undertook a project in the Reichswald Forest Cemetery photographing all the headstones of New Zealanders buried there.

    Attended Auckland Grammar School and Whangarei High School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845607)) AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    23 June 1943 AWMM
    Age 20 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany AWMM 19 G AWMM
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Memorials

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    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

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Sources

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  • References
    • Chorley, W. (1996). Royal Air Force Bomber Command losses of the Second World War: Aircraft and crew losses 1943 (Vol. 4). Leicester, England: Midland Counties Publications. AWMM
    • Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. 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
    • RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ab - B. Archives New Zealand (R17845607) - Former archives reference: AIR118 AWMM
    • List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. [Missing - But Presumed Dead on Lapse of Time - Officers, Airmen]. Archives New Zealand (R17845743) AWMM
    • Please note that the 12 volumes of the "RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939-1945" held at Archives NZ (formerly known as AIR118) should be used in conjunction with Errol Martyn's "For Your Tomorrow". FYT reflects detailed examination of all of the AIR118 bios which contain many inaccuracies and omissions. AWMM

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26 November 2022AntonioHastings DistrictResearcher
16 January 2022KelvinNorfolk, EnglandResearcher

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