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Vaughan Gothrik Welsby Engstrom

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Vaughan Gothrik Welsby AWMM
  • Surname
    Engstrom AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 41687 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    9 August 1913 AWMM Rangitumau, Wellington Region AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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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
    Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
    Killed in an aircraft accident AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Vaughan Engstrom was the son of Carl Gothrick Engstrom and Ellen Mabel Engstrom; husband of Hilda Engstrom (nee Bennett) of Matlock, Derbyshire and father of 1 month old twin daughters at the time of his death.

    His name is missing from the Matlock War Memorial but the website records his name and provides more details of his service and family. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    16 February 1943 AWMM
    Age 29 AWMM
    United Kingdom, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Accidental Death AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Ibstock Cemetery, Leicestershire, England AWMM Row W 3. Grave 1 AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
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Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Matlock War Memorial, Matlock, Derbyshire, England AWMM

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21 August 2022KelvinNorfolk, EnglandResearcher
14 March 2016PeterNew ZealandDirect descendant

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