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Cenotaph record

Kenneth Henry Becroft

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Kenneth Henry AWMM
  • Surname
    Becroft AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ412189 AWMM
    • 131582 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    6 July 1915 AWMM Helensville, Auckland Province AWMM
    Helensville, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr H.B. Becroft, Porter Crescent, Helensville, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 25 October 1941 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Air Force AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ412189 AWMM
    • 131582 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Training and Enlistment

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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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Becroft was stationed at No.2 Service Flying Training School, 25 February 1942,

    No.11 Operational Training Unit, 23 March 1942, No.1651 Conversion Unit, 25 August 1942.

    He was made Pilot Officer (Temp.) in December 1942. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • References
    • Hanson, C. (2001). By such deeds: honours and awards in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, 1923-1999. Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
      P.80 AWMM
    • List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - Embarkation Lists, November 1940 - July 1942. Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R17845762). AWMM

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