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Arnold Eric Cockburn

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Arnold Eric AWMM
  • Surname
    Cockburn AWMM
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  • Service number
    • WWII NZ1053 AWMM
    • 70252 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    30 July 1908 AWMM Invercargill, Southland AWMM
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Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Air Force AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ1053 AWMM
    • 70252 AWMM
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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
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  • Enlistment
    WW2 9 August 1939 AWMM
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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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Medical history

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Served as an Accountant Officer at Wigram, Woodburne, Air Department, Southern Group HQ and Northern Group HQ during the Second World War. Source: Hanson, By Such Deeds, p.129. AWMM

Death

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    18 March 1963 AWMM
    Trentham, Upper Hutt AWMM
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Sources

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    Hanson, C. (2001). By such deeds: honours and awards in the Royal New Zealand Air Force, 1923-1999. Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
    p.129 AWMM

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