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Vincent Xavier Kirby

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Vincent Xavier AWMM
  • Surname
    Kirby AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • NZ414640 AWMM
    • WWII 414640 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
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Civilian life

About birth

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Service

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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    WW2 Vessel was Monterey AWMM

Prisoner of war

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Medical history

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Vincent Kirby was the son of Alban Michael and Theresa Ellen Kirby of Mosgiel, Otago.

    He was a member of No.4 Solo Flight Training School at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1941 AWMM

Death

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    15 October 1942 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    [United Kingdom], Europe AWMM
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  • Cemetery
    Ollerton Cemetery, Nottinghamshire, England AWMM R. C. Portion. Grave 799 AWMM
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    • 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
    • I had my uncles diary (Vincent Kirby) who trained in Canada and was killed in England. I gave the d Public - Leona Anne - Other relative - 14 August 2016 - family memorabilia

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