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Arthur Baron Fortecue Ayers

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Arthur Baron Fortecue AWMM
  • Surname
    Ayers AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    NZ1440 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Pacific Theatre of War AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Air Force AWMM
  • Service number
    NZ1440 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
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Arthur John Ayers and of Kathleen Ayers (nee Chivers); husband of Ena Rita Ayers, of Waterview, Auckland AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    21 September 1943 AWMM
    Age 32 AWMM
    Apia, Western Samoa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Magiagi Cemetery, Apia, Samoa AWMM Soldiers' Plot. 1. AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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