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Harold Brassey Newton

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Harold Brassey AWMM
  • Surname
    Newton AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    NZ404449 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    New Plymouth, Taranaki AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
    Farmer/Civilian AWMM
  • 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 Oct 1939 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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    Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
    Accidental death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Joined the RNZAF October 1939

    On his first Beaufighter mission against German planes attacking a convoy in the English Channel he downed two Dornier 217 aircraft and damaged another , earning him the Distinguished Flying Cross

    Died after his tractor rolled on him on his farm near Urenui in Taranaki. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    Nov 2003 AWMM
    Age 86 AWMM
    Urenui, Taranaki AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Accidental Death AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
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  • Obituary
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Memorials

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Sources

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  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      New Zealand Herald 15 November 2003 AWMM
    • Sutherland, J. (1989). Gallantry awards to New Zealanders in World War Two. Christchurch, N.Z.: Regal Medals. AWMM
      Gallantry Awards to New Zealanders in World War Two by James Sutherland , page 172 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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