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Frank Athol Joseph Pennington

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Frank Athol Joseph AWMM
  • Surname
    Pennington AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII N/N AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1 August 1916 AWMM Wellington, New Zealand 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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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Salesman/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

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
    Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
    Killed in an aircraft accident AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Frank Pennington was the son of Ernest Edward and Grace Ann Pennington of Karori, Wellington.

      Killed in air accident off Ceylon.

      Bar to DSC AWMM
    • "For good services in the attack of Salerno, Temporary Lieutenant (A.) Frank Athol Joseph Pennington, D.S.C., that won a bar to that cross. Advice of the King's approval of the award has been received from the Admiralty by the Minister of Defence (Mr. Jones). Lieutenant Pennington, who was recently awarded the D.S.C. for good service in the destruction of enemy aircraft, was born on August 17, 1916, and entered the Royal Navy on July 8, 1940. He was promoted to commissioned rank in the Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve on May 17, 1941.
      His next-of-kin is his mother, Mrs. G. A. Pennington, 44 Messines Road, Karori, Wellington." Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 29 November 2015 - Paperspast portal via National Library of New Zealand website; Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 11, 14 January 1944, Page 4; http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19440114.2.57&srpos=4&e=-------10--1----0athol+pennington--
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Death

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  • Death
    24 April 1944 AWMM
    Age 27 AWMM
    Ceylon AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Accidental Death AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
    Karori Cemetery (memorial tablets), 76 Old Karori Road, Karori, Wellington, New Zealand Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 29 November 2015 - personal visit, sighted
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Memorials

Memorial

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    New Zealand Naval Memorial, Devonport Naval Base, HMNZS Philomel, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

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Sources

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  • References
    • Allison, D. (2009). Flying Navy: The story of New Zealanders who flew in the Fleet Air Arm in World War I and World War II and the Roll of Honour of those who died in action and on active service. Auckland, N.Z.: Fleet Air Arm Museum of New Zealand. AWMM
    • Allison, D. (2009). Flying Navy: The story of New Zealanders who flew in the Fleet Air Arm in World War I and World War II and the Roll of Honour of those who died in action and on active service. Auckland, N.Z.: Fleet Air Arm Museum of New Zealand. AWMM
      Allison, D. (2009). p176 AWMM
    • Record Book of Naval Personnel - c.1920-1945 - Lists Navy number, alphabetical list of names of ratings trained in England, numerical lists of officers. Archives New Zealand, R21346617, AAYT 8495 N12 AWMM
    • Personnel - War service - Required for RN [Royal Navy] - Fleet air arm (naval airmen) - Scheme F (Part 1), Archives New Zealand, R21465675, AAYT AWMM
    • Personnel - War service - Required for RN [Royal Navy] - Fleet air arm (naval airmen) - Scheme F (Part 2), Archives New Zealand, R21465676, AAYT AWMM
    • Personnel - War service - Required for RN [Royal Navy] - Fleet air arm (naval airmen) - Scheme F (Part 8), Archives New Zealand, R21465683, AAYT AWMM

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29 November 2015SarndraAuckland, New ZealandResearcher

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