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Cenotaph record

John Finlay Smith Neilson

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Rai Valley War Memorial, 1939-1945. Image kindly provided by John Halpin, CC BY John Halpin 2012.

Rai Valley War Memorial, 1939-1945. Image kindly provided by John Halpin, CC BY John Halpin 2012.

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John Finlay Smith AWMM
  • Surname
    Neilson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    NZ39433 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    19 December 1909 RNZAF Embarkation Roll (R17845762) Dunedin, Otago RNZAF Embarkation Roll (R17845762)
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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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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  • Medical notes

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Ngaire; father of Tony and Liz AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    3 March 2005 AWMM
    Age 85 AWMM
    Hastings, Hawkes Bay AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, March 2005 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Rai Valley War Memorial, State Highway 6, Rai Valley, Marlborough AWMM

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
      Martyn, E. (2008). Vol. 3, p. 596 [ref 70] AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, March 2005 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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