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Alexander Henderson Kirker

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alexander Henderson AWMM
  • Surname
    Kirker AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 22814 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1900 BDM 1970/25602
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 1940 AWMM 86 Symonds St., Auckland AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Miss M. Kirker, 86 Symonds St., Auckland (sister) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1940 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 22814 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
    WW2 1940 2NZEF Nom. Roll 2, p.104 Medical practitioner 2NZEF Nom. Roll 2, p.104
    2NZEF Nom. Roll 2, p.104
  • 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

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    19 January 1970 BDM 1970/25602
    Age 70 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Purewa Cemetery, Meadowbank, Auckland AWMM Block A, Row 5, Plot 102D AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    http://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/2635 Public - Marguerite - Researcher - 28 June 2018 - Doctors’ Residences (Former). (2018). Heritage New Zealand Retrieved from http://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/2635
  • References
    Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    p.104 AWMM

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28 June 2018MargueriteAuckland, New ZealandResearcher

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