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Colin James Lewis Wraight

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Headstone of L/Cpl Colin James Lewis Wraight 282366. Andersons Bay General Cemetery, Dunedin City Council Block 264, Plot 8. Image kindly provided by Allan Steel CC-BY 4.0.

Headstone of L/Cpl Colin James Lewis Wraight 282366. Andersons Bay General Cemetery, Dunedin City Co …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Colin James Lewis AWMM
  • Surname
    Wraight AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 282866 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
    WW2 Pre 1945 AWMM 10 Larkworthy St., St. Kilda, Dunedin AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs. M.E. Wraight, 10 Larkworthy St., St. Kilda, Dunedin (m) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1945 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1945 2NZEF Nom. Roll 15, p.156 Med. student 2NZEF Nom. Roll 15, p.156
    Dunedin, Otago 2NZEF Nom. Roll 15, p.156
  • 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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    5 May 1970 Allan Steel Cemetery Project
    Age 58 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Andersons Bay General Cemetery, Dunedin City Council AWMM Block 264, Plot 8 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls J-force personnel from Italy Middle East to Japan. Archives New Zealand (R22440245)
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R22440245
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 15 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1945 to 31st December, 1945). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.156 AWMM
    • This record was partially compiled from data kindly provided by Allan Steel Cemetery Project (2020) AWMM
    • Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls J-force personnel from Italy Middle East to Japan. Archives New Zealand (R22440245) AWMM
      p.181 AWMM

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