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Francis Charles Harrison-Smith

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Portrait, Weekly News December 17 1941 - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait, Weekly News December 17 1941 - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Francis Charles AWMM
  • Surname
    Harrison-Smith AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • NZ403959 AWMM
    • WWII 403959 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
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  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs O. Harrison-Smith, 217 Victoria Avenue, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
    Killed on air operations AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Attended both Kings School and King's College (1936-38) where he was prominent in the swimming and shooting fields. On leaving school he worked for Jeffeson & Sons, Chemists of Khyber Pass. He joined the RNZAF from Auckland University, trained as a pilot and in the UK became a Wellington bomber captain in No 75 (NZ) Squadron.

      He was killed in an air operation in the attacks in the Ruhr Industrial valley.

      Next of kin details compiled from information in the Casualty lists published in the newspapers. AWMM
    • In 1938, when aged 16 he and some of his friends were playing with some chemicals - trying to ignite home made explosives. When the explosion occurred, Francis received lacerations to his chest, but his friend William Twiston DAVIES aged 15 years 10 months died. Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 7 March 2015 - National Library of New Zealand website; Paperspast; http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19380411.2.146&srpos=5&e=-------10--1----0william+twiston-- ; accessed 12 December 2010
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Death

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  • Death
    30 November 1941 AWMM
    Age 20 AWMM
  • 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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    • Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, United Kingdom AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
    • St. Aidans Church, 5 Ascot Avenue, Remuera, Auckland 1050 AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
22 July 2020Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
07 March 2015SarndraAuckland, New ZealandResearcher

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