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Charles Henry Ernest Jay

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles Henry Ernest AWMM
  • Surname
    Jay AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ413077 AWMM
    • WWII 413077 AWMM
    • WWII 413077 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1 March 1909 AWMM London, England AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs A. Hunt (friend), C/o Bank of New Zealand, Ngaruawahia, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

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
    • WWII NZ413077 AWMM
    • WWII 413077 AWMM
    • WWII 413077 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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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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  • Charles Jay was the son of Charles Walter and Caroline Rosalind Jay, of North Harrow, England

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

Death

About death

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  • Death
    9 December 1942 AWMM
    Age 32 AWMM
    England, United Kingdom AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Willesden Old Cemetery, Middlesex, England AWMM Sec. F. Grave 221. 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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  • In memory of my great Uncle , my Grandmothers brother. She didn’t live to see the information we can access now about his death. I’m leaving a poppy for her. Xxx
    Public - Janet - Other relative - 4 July 2020
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04 July 2020JanetHatfield, Hertfordshire. United KingdomOther relative
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