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Robert Stuart Pettitt

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Robert Stuart AWMM
  • Surname
    Pettitt AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • NZ439407 AWMM
    • WWII 439407 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    13 September 1916 RNZAF Biographies (R17845614) Dunedin, Otago RNZAF Biographies (R17845614)
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW1 Winifred Pettit (wife), Winton, Southland, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW2 Wife: Mr. W. J. Pettitt, Winton AWMM
    • WW2 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. R. L. Pettitt of Dunedin AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Air Force AWMM
  • Service number
    • NZ439407 AWMM
    • WWII 439407 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
  • 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 Air Accident, Cause of Death AWMM
    Killed in an aircraft accident AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Robert Pettitt was the son of Robert Leslie and Winifred Mary Pettitt; husband of Winifred June Pettitt, of Winton, Southland, New Zealand.

    Attended Southland Boys High School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845614)) AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    • 14 August 1944 AWMM
      Age 28 AWMM
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    • 14 August 1944 Allan Steel Cemetery Project
      Age 27 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Air Accident AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    • Andersons Bay Cemetery, Tomahawk Road, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM 24. 3. AWMM
    • Andersons Bay RSA Cemetery, Dunedin City Council AWMM Block 3SF, Plot 24 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Otago Daily Times, 16 August 1944

    "Pettitt - On August 14, 1944, at a South Island air station, NZ 439407 Sergeant Robert Stuart Pettitt, dearly beloved husband of Winifred June Pettitt formerly of Winton, and loved eldest son of Mr and Mrs R.L. Pettitt, 11 Coburn Avenue, North-East Valley; in his twenty-eighth year. Deeply moured - The Funeral will leave 11 Coburn avenue on Thursday, the 17th Inst., at 2 pm (service at 1.45pm, for the Anderson's Bay Cemetery - Hope and Kinaston, Funeral Directors." AWMM
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Sources

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  • References
    • Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
    • This record was partially compiled from data kindly provided by Allan Steel Cemetery Project (2020) AWMM
    • RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Na - Py. Archives New Zealand (R17845614) - Former archives reference: AIR118 AWMM
    • Please note that the 12 volumes of the "RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939-1945" held at Archives NZ (formerly known as AIR118) should be used in conjunction with Errol Martyn's "For Your Tomorrow". FYT reflects detailed examination of all of the AIR118 bios which contain many inaccuracies and omissions. AWMM

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