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Thomas Murray Clyde McConnell

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Thomas Murray Clyde McConnell

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Thomas Murray Clyde AWMM
  • Surname
    McConnell AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    553326 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Flat 1, 278 Antigua Street, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs D L McConnell (wife), Flat 1, 278 Antigua Street, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 21 July 1943 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    553326 AWMM
  • Military service
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Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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  • 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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  • Thomas Murray McConnell was the son of Thomas and Ellen McConnell, of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand; husband of Dulcie Muriel McConnell, of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    5 March 1944 AWMM
    Age 35 AWMM
    Italy, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cassino War Cemetery, Italy AWMM VI. D. 8. AWMM
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Sources

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  • References
    • Norton, F. (1952). 26 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 12: WW2 118 AWMM

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20 February 2022Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
23 April 2016JemmaAuckland New Zealand Other relative

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