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Bruce Stafford Hay

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Portrait, Weekly News, Bruce Hay, missing on operations - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait, Weekly News, Bruce Hay, missing on operations - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Bruce Stafford AWMM
  • Surname
    Hay AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • NZ413846 AWMM
    • WWII 413846 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    2 December 1921 AWMM Taihape, Manawatu-Wanganui 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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  • 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 in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
    Killed in an air collision whilst on an unsuccessful air operation to rescue a downed pilot AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Bruce Hay was the son of Herbert Miller Hay and Marjorie Hay of Taihape.

    Anyone interested in further information on Bruce Hay could contact Armoury staff (2009). AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    15 January 1945 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Pacific AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Bourail Memorial, Bourail New Zealand War Cemetery, New Caledonia AWMM
    • Memorial stone, Museum of Transport & Technology (MOTAT), Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

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  • Uncle, Great Uncle, Great-great Uncle: We remember you.
    Public - Deborah - Other Relative - 25 April 2015
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
    • Hanson, C. (2001). By such deeds: honours and awards in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, 1923-1999. Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
    • Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
      vol. 3. p. 238 AWMM
    • New Zealand Fighter Pilots Association Journal AWMM
      January 15th 1945: the RNZAF's Blackest day. March 1999, No. 24, p. 5-11 AWMM
    • Hanson, C. (2001). By such deeds: honours and awards in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, 1923-1999. Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
      p. 240 AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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08 January 2022AntonioHastings DistrictResearcher
25 April 2015Deborah Auckland New ZealandOther Relative

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