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Those known to have sailed in HMNZ Achilles during the Second World War 1939-1945. - Burns Douglas Campbell. Able Seaman
- Fletcher Jennings Douglas Marshall. Stkr. (d.8th February 1941)
- Milburn Neville Jervaise. Ord Tel (d.13th December 1939)
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Want to know more about HMNZ Achilles? There are:4 items tagged HMNZ Achilles available in our Library
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Ord Tel Neville Jervaise Milburn HMS Achilles. N.Z. Division (d.13th December 1939) Ordinary Telegraphist Milburn is buried in the Buceo British Cemetery, Coll. grave SC 225., Montevideo, Uraguay
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Stkr. Jennings Douglas Marshall Fletcher HMNZS Achilles (d.8th February 1941) Jennings Fletcher was the on of Jennings Richard and Clara B. Fletcher of Bombay, Auckland.
He was 23 when he was killed in a motor cycle accident whilst on active service. He is buried in the Bombay Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Franklin District, New Zealand.
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Able Seaman Douglas Campbell Burns HMS Havock My father was the only New Zealand seaman on the HMS Havock when it was wrecked off the Coast of Northern Africa and he was taken to Laghouat POW. He was reported missing presumed dead to his parents in New Zealand. They did not know of his fate for 7 months. After being freed from Laghouat he joined the HMNZ Achilles and HMNZ Gambia and fought for New Zealand for the rest of WWII. He is still alive and lives in Foxton Beach New Zealand and is 88 years of age and in good health physically and mentally. I am in the process of typing the story of his life and most of it is taken up with serving on board English Merchant ships during the early part of WWII.
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