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Christopher Francis Finnigan

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Returned from service in WW2.

Chris Finnigan

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Christopher Francis AWMM
  • Surname
    Finnigan AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 17619 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 1941 AWMM 70 Sackville St., Auckland, S. 3 AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs. P. Finnigan, 70 Sackville St., Auckland (m) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1941 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 1941 2NZEF Nom. Roll 4, p.116 Labourer/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 4, p.116
    2NZEF Nom. Roll 4, p.116
  • 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
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • A special contribution to this Country. The men of the LRDG will always stand proud in our history
    Public - Dennis Christopher Patrick - Child - 29 November 2020
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.116 AWMM
    • L.R.D.G. Membership Roll February 1970. Long Range Desert Group (N.Z. Association). Auckland Museum EPH-W2-11-27. AWMM
    • O'Carroll, B. (2000). The Kiwi scorpions : the story of the New Zealanders in the Long Range Desert Group. Devon, England: Token Publishing. AWMM
    • Loughnan, R. (1963). Divisional Cavalry. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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29 November 2020Dennis Christopher PatrickHamilton New ZealandChild
10 August 2020PatrickAuckland NZOther relative

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