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Harry Douglas Irwin

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Harry Douglas Irwin DoB: 18/04/1921

Harry Douglas Irwin

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Harry Douglas AWMM
  • Surname
    Irwin AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    64685 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Apia, Western Samoa AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM C/o N.Z. Government Army Department, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr H. Irwin (father), Apia, Samoa, Pacific Islands AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    64685 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Soldier/Military AWMM
    Samoa, Pacific AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Mary; father of Harry, Bill, Moana, Anne and Leigh

    Service: Meadowbank, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    10 April 2004 AWMM
    Age 83 AWMM
    Kaitaia, Northland AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium, Meadowbank, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Block S Row 45 Plot 9 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald,13 April 2004 AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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  • My beautiful Papa Irwin, big man, with such a gentle soul.
    Love always xx
    Public - Soraya - Researcher - 29 March 2018
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  • RIP Uncle Doug x Always in my thoughts.
    Public - Mary Elizabeth - 22 April 2017
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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
29 March 2018SorayaPARK ORCHARDS, AustraliaResearcher
22 April 2017Mary Elizabeth Auckland, New Zealand Other
21 April 2016Mary Leigh Auckland New ZealandChild

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