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Cenotaph record

John Ogilvie Macpherson

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John Ogilvie AWMM
  • Surname
    Macpherson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 36138 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 1940-1941 AWMM 34 Pirie St., Wellington AWMM
    • WW2 Pre 1941 AWMM 34 Pirie St., Wellington AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mrs. V.H. Macpherson, 34 Pirie St., Wellington (mother) AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs. V.H. Macpherson, c/o. Mrs. B.W. McCann, 7 Collingwood St., Waterloo, Lower Hutt AWMM
  • Relationship status

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 1940-1941 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.310 Clerk 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.310
      2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.310
    • WW2 1941 2NZEF Nom. Roll 4, p.231 Clerk 2NZEF Nom. Roll 4, p.231
      2NZEF Nom. Roll 4, p.231
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • 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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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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    • 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. (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.231 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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