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John Edgar Lancaster

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John Edgar Lancaster in WWTwo uniform

John Edgar Lancaster

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John Edgar AWMM
  • Surname
    Lancaster AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 72985 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 1942 AWMM Whareama, Masterton AWMM
    • WW2 Pre 1944 AWMM Whareama AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mr. E.A. Lancaster, Kimbolton (f) AWMM
    • WW2 Mr. E.A. Lancaster, Kimbolton (f) 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 72985 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

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

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
    1/4/2008 Public - Allan - Researcher - 6 January 2019 - Manawatu District Council cemetery records
  • Age at death
    93 Public - Allan - Researcher - 6 January 2019 - Manawatu District Council cemetery records
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Feilding Cemetery Public - Allan - Researcher - 6 January 2019 - Manawatu District Council cemetery records
  • Grave reference
    Block RSA Row 199 Plot 118 Public - Allan - Researcher - 6 January 2019 - Manawatu District Council cemetery records
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Thank you Uncle Jack for your service. We will never fully understand all that you went through but we will always be so very grateful. We have many wonderful memories of you at all the family gatherings.
    Love & miss you always
    Carmel James
    xx
    Public - Carmel - Other relative - 10 February 2021
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Sources

Sources

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  • 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.80 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 13 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1944 to 31st March, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.69 AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
10 February 2021CarmelAustraliaOther relative
06 January 2019AllanFeildingResearcher
25 April 2018JanetFeildingOther relative

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