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Gordon Black

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Portrait of Sub Lieutenant Gordon Black, Auckland Weekly News, 3 June 1943. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19420603-23-1. Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Sub Lieutenant Gordon Black, Auckland Weekly News, 3 June 1943. Auckland Libraries Herit …

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    Gordon AWMM
  • Surname
    Black AWMM
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    Male AWMM
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Training and Enlistment

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Medical history

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    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

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    • Gordon Black was the son of Walter Thomas Black and Rose Maude Black of Petone, Wellington AWMM
    • Birth: 03.01.1920
      Attended Hutt Valley High School: 1933 to 1936 Public - Judith - Researcher - 15 February 2017 - Hutt Valley High student records

Death

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    11 November 1941 AWMM
    Age 21 AWMM
    England, United Kingdom AWMM
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    Killed on Active Service AWMM
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    Hylton (Castletown) Cemetery, Durham, England AWMM Sec. D. Row 1. Grave 715 AWMM
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Roll of Honour

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  • There seems so little left of your short life Gordon and even less of the air accident which cut it so short. So, here is a tribute to you, the "very kind fellow' from Bracken Street Petone
    Public - Claire - 8 January 2017
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Sources

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    • Allison, D. (2009). Flying Navy: The story of New Zealanders who flew in the Fleet Air Arm in World War I and World War II and the Roll of Honour of those who died in action and on active service. Auckland, N.Z.: Fleet Air Arm Museum of New Zealand. AWMM
    • Record Book of Naval Personnel - c.1920-1945 - Lists Navy number, alphabetical list of names of ratings trained in England, numerical lists of officers. Archives New Zealand, R21346617, AAYT 8495 N12 AWMM
    • Personnel - War service - Required for RN [Royal Navy] - Fleet air arm (naval airmen) - Scheme F (Part 1), Archives New Zealand, R21465675, AAYT AWMM
    • Personnel - War service - Required for RN [Royal Navy] - Fleet air arm (naval airmen) - Scheme F (Part 2), Archives New Zealand, R21465676, AAYT AWMM
    • Personnel - War service - Required for RN [Royal Navy] - Fleet air arm (naval airmen) - Scheme F (Part 8), Archives New Zealand, R21465683, AAYT AWMM
    • Allison, D., Richards, R., & Fleet Air Arm Museum of New Zealand. (2009). Flying navy : the story of new zealanders who flew in the fleet air arm in world war i and world war ii and the roll of honour of those who died in action and on active service. Auckland [N.Z.] : Fleet Air Arm Museum of New Zealand. AWMM

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21 October 2023PAULDurham, UK.Researcher
15 February 2017JudithUpper Hutt, New ZealandResearcher
08 January 2017ClaireWellington, New ZealandOther

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