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Loxley Gordon Kirk

  • Service number
    A44252 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Lox 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
    Loxley Gordon AWMM
  • Surname
    Kirk AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Lox AWMM
  • Service number
    A44252 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
    A44252 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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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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
    16 December 1976 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Singapore, Southeast Asia AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Taupo; Public. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
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  • 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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  • Lox joined the NZ Army as regular force cadet, attending Regular Force Cadet School starting January 1970 in the Class of Ngarimu-VC. Graduating into the Royal New Zealand Electrical Mechanical Engineers and completing his trade as a vehicle mechanic, VM.
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  • A44252 Loxley Gordon KIRK (Light Aid Detachment LAD, 8 May 1975 - 16 December 1976) aged 23, buried at Taupo Lawn Cemetery, Rickit Street, Taupo. RSA Lawn Section. Plot 097. [-38.67746, 176.07857] LEST WE FORGET a great guy and awesome mechanic. (all information kindly supplied to AWMM by seava.co.nz) ONWARD
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