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Cenotaph record

Mervyn Owen Weir

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Mervyn Owen AWMM
  • Surname
    Weir AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ44974 AWMM
    • WWII 44974 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    7 November 1925 Family source
  • 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
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Pacific Theatre of War AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Air Force AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ44974 AWMM
    • WWII 44974 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
    Aircraft hand/Military AWMM
  • Enlistment
    WW2 4 March 1944 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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Overseas deployment from 3 July1944 to 10 July 1945 and to RNZAF 6 Squadron, attached to US Navy seaplane base, Halavo Bay, Florida, Solomon Islands from 09 August 1944 to July 1945. Source: NZDF/Family. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Waihi Cemetery, Waihi AWMM Lot 257, Servicemans Section, RSA Block AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • Base Record, New Zealand Defense Force, Personnel Archives AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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