Serial Number: Victor had three Service numbers in his Air Force career:
2065 (RAAF, 23rd of March 1936 to 13th of July 1938)
83880 (RAF, 9th of March 1940 to 31st of March 1945)
NZ2444 (RNZAF, 1st of April 1945 to 10th of December 1945)

RNZAF Trade: Pilot, and then Technical Signals Officer
Date of Enlistment:See above
Rank Achieved: Squadron Leader
Flying Hours:
Operational Sorties:

Date of Birth: 9th of December 1915, at Christchurch (note: one local record source states Victor was born on the 16th of June 1916)
Personal Details: Victor was the son of Mrs E.P. Hall

Service Details: From May 1932 till May 1934 Victor served as a Private with the New Zealand Army (Territorial Force) in the 1st Waikato Regiment.

He joined the Royal Australian Air Force in March 1936. He later applied to join the Royal New Zealand Air Force in either 1938 or 39, using Cambridge resident Lieutenant T.H. Harrison, RAF (Rtd) and Mr C.H. Priestley, Mayor of Cambridge as his referees. However he was not accepted, and so Victor joined the Royal Air Force instead in March 1940. One source suggests Victor may have been a member of No. 485 (NZ) Squadron for a time. He served in the RAF till March 1945 when he transferred to the RNZAF.

Victor received the Croix De Guerre, the highest honour bestowed in France