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Stanley John Lester

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Stanley John AWMM
  • Surname
    Lester AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 41434 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    14 January 1914 AWMM Westport, Buller District AWMM
  • 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
    Europe (Air) AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Air Force AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 41434 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Truck-driver and mechanic 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 in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
    Killed on air operations AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Stanley Lester was the son of John and Catherine Agatha Lester, of Murchison, Nelson, New Zealand.

    Selected for Royal Air Force Short Service Commission and embarked for UK on 25 August 1938. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    4 July 1940 AWMM
    Age 26 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, United Kingdom AWMM

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  • Stanley John Lester was born on 14.1.1914
    Public - Ngaire Hart - Other Relative - 17 May 2015
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Aircrew Remembered, No. 206 Squadron, 4th July 1940
    http://aircrewremembered.com/mackinnon-james.html
    Further Reference
  • References
    List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Deceased New Zealanders (Formerly) serving with RAF [Royal Air Force]. Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R17845760). AWMM

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23 June 2020Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
27 April 2019JeniferWairarapaResearcher
17 May 2015Ngaire HartBrisbane, AustraliaOther Relative

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