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Cyril Lincoln Bright

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Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel B_021. Image taken June 2020.

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel B_021. Image taken June 2020.

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Cyril Lincoln AWMM
  • Surname
    Bright AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    37417 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    b. 1910 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 23 June 2023 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Place of birth
    NZ Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 23 June 2023 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Birth notes
    Son of Harold Ernest Bright, and of Flora Bright (nee Read Bloomfield), of Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 4 May 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/cyril-lincoln-bright
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Strathallan Station, Waipaoa, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr H.E. Bright (father), 17 Haronga Road, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1940 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Western Desert AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    37417 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 Shepherd/Civilian AWMM
    Gisborne, Gisborne AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Cyril Bright was the son of Harold Ernest Bright, and of Flora Bright (nee Read Bloomfield), of Gisborne, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    23 November 1941 AWMM
    Age 31 AWMM
    Western Desert, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya AWMM 14. E. 10. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Bright, Haronga road, have received advice of the death in action of their third son, Cyril Lincoln (Dick) in the fighting in Libya. He was single, and spent some years with the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company Limited, before taking up a post on Strathallan station, which he left to join the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 23 June 2023 - GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXVIII, ISSUE 20637, 12 DECEMBER 1941, PAGE 4
  • Memorial name
    Kaiteratahi & Waipaoa Honour Board, Gisborne
    Gisborne's War Memorial Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 2 February 2016 - Research
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
    • Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne AWMM
    • Te Karaka War Memorial, corner of Main and Station Roads, Te Karaka, Gisborne AWMM

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Cooke, P. (2001). Defending New Zealand: ramparts on the sea 1840-1950s. Wellington, N.Z.: Defence of New Zealand Study Group. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 3: WW2 54 AWMM
    • Puttick, E. (1960). 25 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
23 June 2023Lorraine MonaGisborne Researcher
02 February 2016Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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