Seymour William Hamilton

Died 13 July 1945

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Service number
- NZ424457 AWMM
- WWII 424457 AWMM
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Air Force AWMM
Last rank
Flight Lieutenant/Military AWMM
Royal New Zealand Air Force, 62 Squadron, RAF AWMM
War
World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

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Seymour William AWMM
Surname
Hamilton AWMM
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Service number
- NZ424457 AWMM
- WWII 424457 AWMM
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Rohe
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War
World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Armed force / branch
Air Force AWMM
Service number
- NZ424457 AWMM
- WWII 424457 AWMM
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Military training
- RCAF, 3 Service Flying Training School, Calgary, Alberta Base Record
  Course 1: Graduation Date: 5/03/1943. AWMM
- RCAF, 31 General Reconnaissance School, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Quebec Base Record
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WW2 Vessel was Matsonia AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM

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Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

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Flight Lieutenant/Military AWMM
Royal New Zealand Air Force, 62 Squadron, RAF AWMM

Biographical information

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Seymour Hamilton was the son of Isaac John Hamilton, and of Laura Florence Hamilton (nee Seymour), of Hamilton, New Zealand. AWMM

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Death
13 July 1945 AWMM
Age 22 AWMM
Myanmar (Burma), Southeast Asia AWMM
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Killed on Active Service AWMM
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Taukkyan War Cemetery, Rangoon, Myanmar AWMM
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Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945

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MS-1993-139

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External links
Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2085989
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References
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

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