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Colin Cameron

  • Service number
  • Also known as
    Toc Public - Deidre - Direct descendant - 16 May 2022 - My father
  • Armed force / branch
    Navy AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    • Colin AWMM
    • Colin Urquhart George Public - Deidre - Direct descendant - 16 May 2022 - Legal certificates
  • Surname
    Cameron AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Toc Public - Deidre - Direct descendant - 16 May 2022 - My father
  • Service number
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    None Public - Deidre - Direct descendant - 16 May 2022 - My father

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Gisborne AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

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
  • 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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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • During World War Two Cameron served mostly on HMNZS Gambia, operating with carriers against Japanese targets in the Indian Ocean, this included Operation Transom, in 1944.

    An interview with Colin Cameron was featured in Navy Today, Issue 230, March 2019. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
    12 September 2020 Public - Stoney - Researcher - 16 September 2020 - Death notice NZ Herald 16 September 2020
  • Age at death
    95 Public - Stoney - Researcher - 16 September 2020 - Death notice NZ Herald 16 September 2020
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Colin Cameron is my poppa he was such a lovely man, was always showing his stories about what he had been through in the navy. Was always willing to help others including me as I was studying at university to become a vet nurse. He loved to go and visit at the Navy museum to have some lunch. would talk to me about saving money and all the life skills.


    Miss him very much
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    RNZN Navy Today AWMM
    "From One Cruiser to Another" Issue 230, March 2019, p. 32 AWMM

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
16 May 2022DeidreAucklandDirect descendant
16 September 2020StoneyTuakauResearcher

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