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Cenotaph record

Iris Anne Wright

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Iris Anne AWMM
  • Surname
    Wright AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Thompson AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII W1810 AWMM
  • Gender
    Female AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1919 WAAF Strengths (R21072930)
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Married/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
    Women's Auxilliary Leader (WAL)/Military Errol Martyn WAAF Research
  • Enlistment
    WW2 13 September 1941 Errol Martyn WAAF Research Blenheim, Marlborough Errol Martyn WAAF Research
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

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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  • Wife of Earl William Wright, who served in the R.N.Z.A.F, as well. N.Z.W.A.A.F. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    29 August 2008 AWMM
    Age 89 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Maunu Cemetery, Whangarei AWMM Plot 1625, RSA Block Twenty One B, AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • This record was partially created from data kindly provided by Dale Calder. AWMM
    • Strengths, WAAF [Women's Auxiliary Air Force], Returns - December 1942 - February 1950. Archives New Zealand (R21072930) AWMM

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