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Helen Joan Te Koara Bragg

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Helen Joan Te Koara AWMM
  • Surname
    Bragg AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Harborne AWMM
    • Koara AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII W2618 AWMM
  • Gender
    Female AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1923 WAAF Strengths (R21072930)
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Single/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 2 (WA2)/Military Errol Martyn WAAF Research
  • Enlistment
    WW2 2 February 1942 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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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    26 September 2017 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
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  • Obituary
    W2618 WAAF WWII. On 26 September 2017, at Nelson Hospital after a short illness, in her 95th year. Dearly loved wife of the late Donald George Harborne and loved mother of Robyn, Leigh, and the late Sharon. Loved grandmother of Kim, Mason, Andrew, Jamie, Scott and her six great-grandchildren. At her request we have taken Koara back to her ancestral home at Otakou, on the Otago Peninsula. Koara will be at the Otakou Marae, Tomorrow (Friday), and a Church Service and burial will be held on Saturday 30 September at 11.00am. Southland Times on Sept. 28, 2017 AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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    • This record was partially compiled from data kindly provided by Errol Martyn (2020) AWMM
    • Strengths, WAAF [Women's Auxiliary Air Force], Returns - December 1942 - February 1950. Archives New Zealand (R21072930) AWMM

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