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Malcolm Blue

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Malcolm AWMM
  • Surname
    Blue AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 68563 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    8 Jul 1916 Public - Ross - Other relative - 20 January 2021 - B D M Records
  • Place of birth
    Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand. Public - Ross - Other relative - 20 January 2021 - B D M Records
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • WW2 Pre 1942 AWMM Sole Rd., Ngaere AWMM
    • WW2 Pre 1942 AWMM Sole Rd., Ngaere AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mrs. E.G. Blue, Hoe-o-Tainui (m) AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs. E.G. Blue, Hoe-o-Tainui (m) AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 68563 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
  • 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
    PRIVATE New Zealand Infantry Public - Ross - Other relative - 31 December 2020 - Cemetery Headstone

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
    29 Jun 2000 Public - Ross - Other relative - 31 December 2020 - Cemetery Records
  • Age at death
    83 years Public - Ross - Other relative - 31 December 2020 - Cemetery Records
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Eltham Cemetery, Eltham, Taranaki, New Zealand. Public - Ross - Other relative - 31 December 2020 - Cemetery Records
  • Grave reference
    Old Lawn, Block 5, Plot 4 [ New Plot ID 3883] Public - Ross - Other relative - 31 December 2020 - Cemetery Records
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 7 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1942 to 31st March, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.17 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.38 AWMM

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20 January 2021RossBulls NZOther relative

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