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Personal Details: Max was the son of Mr and Mrs W.J. Ward, his father being a partner in the well known Cambridge retailer Sayers & Ward.

Service Details: Max volunteered very early in the war and a notice appeared in the Waikato Independent on the 2nd of December saying he'd been accepted into the RNZAF. He was farewelled in Cambridge with a party on the 21tst of December 1939.

All that is currently known is that Max was a Sergeant and based at Nelson in December 1941, so it is very likely then that he served at that time with No. 2 (General Reconnaissance) Squadron which was flying Lockheed Hudsons and Vickers Vincents in the general reconnaissance role

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Connection with Cambridge: Max lived in Cambridge pre-WWII and was possibly even born in the town

 

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