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Desmond John Haydon

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Desmond John AWMM
  • Surname
    Haydon AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • NZ402137 AWMM
    • WWII 402137 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • 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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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Air Force AWMM
  • Service number
    • NZ402137 AWMM
    • WWII 402137 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    • Harewood AWMM
    • Woodbourne AWMM
    • United Kingdom AWMM
    • Malta AWMM
    • Middle East AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Clerk AWMM
  • 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 on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Desmond Haydon was the son of Albert Leonard and Norina Gladys Haydon, of Penrose, Auckland

    Attended Te Papapa Primary School and Otahuhu Technical High School

    (1932-37). Interested in soccer and tennis.

    There is a reference to Des Haydon in the diary of Sergeant Pilot Raymond Herbert John Broady (NZ39691). [Ref. MS 883]

    CWGC record his date of death as 28 June 1942 AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    29 June 1942 AWMM
    Age 21 AWMM
    Egypt, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Fayid War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM 2. D. 2. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

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