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John Allan MacPherson

  • Service number
    WWII 13792 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Allan Public - Ellyn Robertson - Direct descendant - 4 October 2017 - Family
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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John Allan Macpherson

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John Allan AWMM
  • Surname
    MacPherson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Allan Public - Ellyn Robertson - Direct descendant - 4 October 2017 - Family
  • Service number
    WWII 13792 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian Public - Ellyn Robertson - Direct descendant - 4 October 2017 - Family

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • WW2 Pre 1940-1941 AWMM Care of Public Works Department Camp, Alford Forest Rural Delivery AWMM
    • WW2 Pre 1941 AWMM C/o P.W.D. Camp, Alford Forest R.D. AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mrs. Elsie MacPherson, The Downs, Geraldine (mother) AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs. E. Macpherson, The Downs, Geraldine (m) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 1940-1941 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM
    • Pre 1941 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM
    • 1945 - 1998 Married to Jean Ella (née Sturgeon) Macpherson Public - Ellyn - Direct descendant - 25 April 2018 - Family history

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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

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  • Death
  • Date of death
    30th November 1998 Public - Ellyn Robertson - Direct descendant - 4 October 2017 - NZ Herald 2 December 1998, Family Sources
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Te Awamutu Cemetery Public - Ellyn Robertson - Direct descendant - 4 October 2017 - NZ Herald 2 December 1998, Family Sources
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • 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
      p.310 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 5 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1941 to 30 September, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.139 AWMM
    • Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls B-force 8th infantry brigade group [New Zealand Military Forces - "B" Force - Embarkation Roll]. Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1421 (R22440171) AWMM
    • Gillespie, O. (1952). The Pacific. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
13 May 2020Ellyn OtorohangaDirect descendant
04 October 2017Ellyn RobertsonNew Zealand Direct descendant

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