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Paul Hector Joshua Day

  • Service number
    C45588 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Daygo AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
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Auckland War Memorial Museum, Hall of Memories. Korea, Malaya-Borneo (taken in April 1999). - This image may be subject to copyright

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Paul Hector Joshua AWMM
  • Surname
    Day AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Daygo AWMM
  • Service number
    C45588 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
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    C45588 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

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
    1 January 1978 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Singapore, Southeast Asia AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Rotorua; Sala Street Cemetery. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland War Memorial Museum, Hall of Memories. Korea, Malaya-Borneo, Vietnam Memorial AWMM

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  • Our mate Daygo did not die of a motor cycle accident. He had a heart attack in his sleep when on Christmas leave. This is information from the 2 soldiers who were on leave with him and the soldier who returned him to Aotearoa (BR) Lest we Forget.
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  • C45588 Paul Hector Joshua (Daygo) DAY (C Company N73/75 & Tpt Plt - 29 May 1977 - 1 January 1978) aged 23 (MVA). Sala Street Cemetery, Rotorua, Block 8, Sect J, Plot 48 [-38.153419, 176.263909] LEST WE FORGET (all information supplied to AWMM by seava.co.nz) Daygo was a great friend to many and a comrade to all. ONWARD.
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  • Daygo died in a motor cycle accident at no fault of his own, whilst serving his country on a 2 year Tour of Duty with "New Zealand Forces South Seat Asia" as part of the 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment. Remember this brave soldier who was sent far away from his home, friends and whanau. Died in a foreign land as he was willing to put his life on the line for his country and the fight for freedom. Lest we Forget.
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