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Alexander Richard Abbott

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New Zealand airmen in Canada photographed after a graduation dinner.

Alex Abbott and mates in Canada

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alexander Richard AWMM
  • Surname
    Abbott AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ404522 AWMM
    • WWII 404522 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    18 December 1918 Noel Smith Research Project
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs Hazel Jean Abbot (wife), 102 The Ridgeway, Brooklyn, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Europe (Air) AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Air Force AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ404522 AWMM
    • WWII 404522 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Pilot Officer Abbott was the son of Vernon Richard and Barbara Abbott of Wellington. He was married to Hazel Jean Abbott, of Wellington.

    Operation Fuller was the Allied code name for the response to the breakout from the French port of Brest of the German battle-cruisers "Scharnhorst" and "Gneisenau" and the cruiser "Prinz Eugen" to Germany. The role of Bomber Command was to bomb and mine the Brest area and the presumed route to the North Sea. (http://www.navweaps.com/index_oob/OOB_WWII_Atlantic/OOB_WWII_Cerberus.htm) 2007. Next of kin details compiled from information in the Casualty lists published in the newspapers. AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    12 February 1942 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, United Kingdom AWMM

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • The Evening Post 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
    • This record was partially completed by information provided by Noel George Smith (2020-2021). AWMM

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17 September 2020Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
25 April 2020JohnAucklandOther relative

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