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Harry Leister Burt

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Group photograph, [Canada], 42 Course Observers, back row left to right; Emmerson, Bowers, Griffiths, Waterhouse, Poule, Jones, Mouatt, Whiteside, Windmill, Ashman (insert). Front row left to right; McCombie, O.? Davies, Holbird, Beard, H. Davies, Heatherington, Conquer, Armitage, Golding, Moore, Hazel. (Photograph from the collection of Ronald (Torchy) Moore (NZ404554)) - This image may be subject to copyright

Group photograph, [Canada], 42 Course Observers, back row left to right; Emmerson, Bowers, Griffiths …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Harry Leister AWMM
  • Surname
    Burt AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • NZ411789 AWMM
    • WWII 411789 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
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  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    15 August 1917 AWMM London, England AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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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 on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Harry and Berta Burt AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    29 March 1943 AWMM
    Age 25 AWMM
    England, United Kingdom AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Haverhill Cemetery, Suffolk, England AWMM Section U Grave 196 AWMM
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  • Obituary
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Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2720479
    Sources Used
  • References
    • 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
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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