English Māori John Vincent Hawkins Died 23 June 1943 PDF Key details Service numberNZ416111 AWMM NZ16111 AWMM WWII 416111 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchAir Force AWMM Last rankFlying Officer (Pilot)/Military AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force, 15 Squadron AWMM WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Portrait, Weekly News - This image may be subject to copyright View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesJohn Vincent AWMM SurnameHawkins AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service numberNZ416111 AWMM NZ16111 AWMM WWII 416111 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistment Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkationMrs A.D. Hawkins, Hamilton East, New Zealand AWMM Relationship status Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM CampaignEurope (Air) AWMM Armed force / branchAir Force AWMM Service numberNZ416111 AWMM NZ16111 AWMM WWII 416111 AWMM Military service Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency Enlistment Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation details Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notesKilled in Action, Cause of Death AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankFlying Officer (Pilot)/Military AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force, 15 Squadron AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › At the time of his death Hawkins was flying with Bomber Command.Take off 23:30 hours from Mildenhall. Stirling III BK656 LS-A shot down by a night-fighter piloted by Hauptman Wilheim Dormann crashing at 0207 in Nationale Park de Hoge Veluwe. The crew of F/) J.V. Hawkins (RNZAF), Sgt F.H. Williams, Sgt D.J. Tickle (RNZAF), F/O L.J. Gwynne (RNZAF), F/S A.W. Crozier (RNZAF), Sgt G.C. Hutton and Sgt M. Webster all perished. AWMM Death About death Contribute › Death23 June 1943 AWMM Age 28 AWMM Nationale Park de Hoge Ve, Holland AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of deathKilled in Action AWMM Death notes CemeteryEde General Cemetery, Gelderland, Netherlands AWMM Row H. Coll. grave. 14. AWMM Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial nameHamilton War Memorial Park, Memorial Drive, Hamilton East 3216 AWMM Roll of Honour Remember John Vincent Hawkins by laying a poppy. John Frederick Hawkins John George Hawkins John Vincent Hawkins Joseph Hawkins Joseph Francis Hawkins Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of John Vincent Hawkins Leave a note Contribute › Processing Related objects Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945 Library / Pictorial › manuscripts and archives MS-1993-139 Sources Sources Contribute › External linksCommonwealth War Graves Commission record https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2647925 Sources Used DocumentsChorley, 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 The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided. Online Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License