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Desmond Clifford Henderson

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Desmond Clifford AWMM
  • Surname
    Henderson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    Korea 206031 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

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
    Korean War, 1950-1953 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    Korea 206031 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

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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  • Entered Korea on 31 Dec 1950, Emplaned Iwakuni 23 April 1952 RTNZ via Australia. Deplaned NZ 25 April 1952.

    Force Headquarters, Signal D. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    30 September 1993 Manawatu District Council
    Age 64 AWMM
    Feilding, Manawatu-Wanganui Manawatu District Council
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  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Plot 21, Row 202, RSA Block, Feilding Cemetery. AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    Chamberlain, H. (2013). The New Zealand Korea Roll : honouring those who served in the New Zealand Armed Forces in Korea, 1950-1957. Wellington, N.Z.: Author. AWMM
    p. 192 AWMM

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