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Trevor Norman Bassett

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Trevor Norman AWMM
  • Surname
    Bassett AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • NZ401719 AWMM
    • WWII 401719 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1919 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr A.A. Bassett (father), 44 First Avenue, Mt Roskill, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Air Force AWMM
  • Service number
    • NZ401719 AWMM
    • WWII 401719 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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

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
    Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
    Died from injuries sustained in an aircraft accident AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Trevor Bassett was the son of A. A. Bassett and Martha Eramina Bassett, of Blockhouse Bay, Auckland, New Zealand.

      Educated at Seddon Memorial Technical College.

      Champion athlete in sprints and cycling.

      Next of kin details compiled from information in the Casualty lists published in the newspapers. AWMM
    • Trevor Bassett,s mothers name is Martha Mavina. (nee Patterson) Public - Ian - Other Relative - 6 April 2015 - Family Records
    • Air/Gnr: Sgt. Trevor Norman Bassett NZ/401719 RNZAF Age 21. Injured
      During a tactical reconnaissance training exercise the Lysander flew low along a railway line and struck telegraph wires before diving towards a train. A wing tip struck the tender with the Lysander crashing some 400 yards further along in a field.

      The pilot, of Danish parents was killed instantly. Sgt Bassett was taken to the Tower House Emergency Hospital at Salisbury where he died later the same day of injuries received. Public - Kelvin - Researcher - 7 November 2017 - http://aircrewremembered.com/lunoe-eric.html
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    10 February 1941 AWMM
    Age 21 AWMM
    England, United Kingdom AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Accidental Death AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Salisbury (London Road) Cemetery, Wiltshire, England AWMM Sec. M. Grave 371. AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
    • Memorial Drive, 1939-1945, Devonport Memorial Drive, Auckland AWMM
    • Memorial Drive, Lake Road, Devonport, Auckland AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
07 November 2017KelvinNorfolk, EnglandResearcher
06 April 2015IanPalmerston North, New ZealandOther Relative

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