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Frank Douglas Higham

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Portrait - Kindly provided by the Otahuhu College Archives. This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait - Kindly provided by the Otahuhu College Archives. This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Frank Douglas AWMM
  • Surname
    Higham AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • NZ416116 AWMM
    • WWII 416116 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
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  • Hapū
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  • Rohe
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    9 June 1919 AWMM Onehunga, Auckland AWMM
  • Date of birth
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  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
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Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Europe (Air) AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Air Force AWMM
  • Service number
    • NZ416116 AWMM
    • WWII 416116 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    • Levin AWMM
    • Whenuapai AWMM
    • Saskatchewan, Canada AWMM
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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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Medical history

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    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Attended Huia and Weymouth Primary Schools amd Otahuhu Technical High School, 1934-36.

    Played rugby football and was a keen boatsman and fisherman.

    According to family he and his crew were reported missing after his sixth operational flight over Germany. He lost his life in a raid over Nuremburg on the night of 27 August 1943.

    The Stirling 111 aircraft , captained by F/Sgt Higham, took off from Mepal at 21.30 hours and crashed at Schwarzenau, 21 km ENE of Wurzburg. All the crew were killed and later buried in Durnback War Cemetery . The crew members were: F/Sgt F.D. Higham RNZAF; Sgt R. Renfrew; Sgt J.R.Culshaw; F/Sgt C.J. Bridger RNZAF; Sgt H.Jennings; Sgt A. Clarke

    Remembered on the Papakura - Karaka War Memorial AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    28 August 1943 AWMM
    Age 24 AWMM
    Germany, Europe AWMM
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  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
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  • Cemetery
    Durnbach War Cemetery, Bad Tolz, Bayern, Germany AWMM 9. C. 22 AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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    • Papakura - Karaka War Memorial, Great South Road, Papakura, New Zealand AWMM
    • Karaka War Memorial Hall, 319 Linwood Rd, Karaka 2580 AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
    • Karaka War Memorial Hall, 319 Linwood Road, Karaka 2580 AWMM

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  • My relative Albert Clarke was rear gunner on the fateful night the crew disappeared RIP
    Public - Mick - 12 November 2018
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Sources

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    • Chorley, W. (1996). Royal Air Force Bomber Command losses of the Second World War: Aircraft and crew losses 1943 (Vol. 4). Leicester, England: Midland Counties Publications. AWMM
    • Chorley, W. (1996). Royal Air Force Bomber Command losses of the Second World War: Aircraft and crew losses 1943 (Vol. 4). Leicester, England: Midland Counties Publications. AWMM
    • 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

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