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Desmond Noel Cagney

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Certificate of service and Certificate of discharge, R.N.Z.N. official paperwork, 1946.

Certificate of discharge from Navy

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Desmond Noel AWMM
  • Surname
    Cagney AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII NZ6668 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    19 January 1915 Military Personnel File Napier, Hawkes Bay Military Personnel File
  • Date of birth
    19 January Public - Darian - Researcher - 20 September 2018 - Certificate of service, Ceritificate of discharge, R.N.Z.N. official paperwork
  • Place of birth
    Napier, Hawke's Bay Public - Darian - Researcher - 20 September 2018 - NZ Government Historical BDM records via Department of Internal Affairs
    NZ Government Electoral Rolls 1853-1981 via Ancestry.com
  • Birth notes
    The date specified on Desmond's Certificate of service of 1915 is not correct. Public - Darian - Researcher - 20 September 2018 - NZ Government Historical BDM records via Department of Internal Affairs
  • Address before enlistment
    Hokitika, then London at time of enlistment. Public - Darian - Researcher - 20 September 2018 - NZ Government Electoral Rolls 1853-1981 via Ancestry.com
    Newspaper articles, National Library NZ via Papers Past
  • Post war occupation
    • Electrical engineer/Civilian AWMM
    • Electrical technician Public - Darian - Researcher - 20 September 2018 - Certificate of service, Ceritificate of discharge, R.N.Z.N. official paperwork
      NZ Government Electoral Rolls 1853-1981 via Ancestry.com
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr. Thomas L. Cagney, 17 Lewis Street, Invergargill Public - Darian - Researcher - 20 September 2018 - Certificate of service, Ceritificate of discharge, R.N.Z.N. official paperwork
    NZ Government Electoral Rolls 1853-1981 via Ancestry.com
  • Relationship status
    Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
    Electrical fitter/Civilian AWMM
  • Enlistment
    WW2 9 February 1943 AWMM United Kingdom, Europe AWMM
  • 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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  • Next of kin and address on discharge was Thomas Cagney (father), 17 Lewis Street, Invercargill, New Zealand. Official source. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    1978 Public source
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
    64 Public - Darian - Researcher - 20 September 2018 - NZ Government Historical BDM records via Department of Internal Affairs
  • Place of death
    Te Atatu, West Auckland Public - Darian - Researcher - 20 September 2018 - NZ Government Electoral Rolls 1853-1981 via Ancestry.com
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    Royal New Zealand Navy List (c.1921-c.1970) - kindly provided by Ralph McNabb. AWMM

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