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Eric Edgar Stewart

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Portrait, Weekly News 31 December 1941 - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait, Weekly News 31 December 1941 - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Eric Edgar AWMM
  • Surname
    Stewart AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • NZ40244 AWMM
    • WWII 40244 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    2 December 1919 RNZAF Biographies (R17845616) Invercargill, Southland RNZAF Biographies (R17845616)
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Robert Arthur Stewart (father), Queen Street, Winton, Southland, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW2 Parents: Mr & Mrs R. A. Stewart, Queen Street, Winton, Southland AWMM
  • 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
    Pilot/Military RNZAF Biographies (R17845616)
  • 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 on air operations AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Robert Arthur and Annie Violet Stewart, of Winton, Southland, New Zealand.

    Next of kin details compiled from information in the Casualty lists published in the newspapers.

    Attended Southland Technical College (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845616)) AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    12 July 1941 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM
    Iceland, Atlantic Ocean AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Reykjavik (Fossvogur) Cemetery, Iceland AWMM C39. 8 AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • very proud of you, we love you from your great great nephews Harrison and Oliver.
    Public - Harrison - Other Relative - 23 April 2015
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