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Alix Adair McMaster

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alix Adair AWMM
  • Surname
    McMaster AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 4/58B AWMM
    • WWII 806727 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    16 August 1894 AWMM Oamaru, Otago AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Married AWMM
    Helen AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    Military Medal (MM) AWMM
    London Gazette 6 January 1917, p350, Rec No 331 AWMM

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 18 December 1941 AWMM Clerk/Civilian AWMM
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  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Awarded MM, Served in WW2 806727, enlisted 18/12/41 discharged 31/3/48, occupation Farm Manager, Married to Helen, 3rd Bn National Military Reserve, last rank Captain. AWMM
    • Born 16 August 1894 at Oamaru
      Clerk
      Enlisted in London on 28 September 1914
      Served with NZ Engineers in Egypt, Gallipoli and Western Europe
      Awarded Military Medal
      Discharged in New Zealand 18 April 1919
      Last rank 2nd Lieutenant

      Served in WW2 in New Zealand
      Farm Manager
      Enlisted 15 January 1942
      Transferred to Reserve of Officers 8 April 1949
      Last rank Captain
      Died at Christchurch on 3 August 1974 Public - Roger - Researcher - 28 July 2020 - Military Personnel File
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Death

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28 July 2020RogerAuckland New ZealandResearcher

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