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Mary Catherine McNamara

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Portrait of Mary Catherine Mcgovern, W3127 (2014). © NZIPP Photograph by Tracey Grant 7438. CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Portrait of Mary Catherine Mcgovern, W3127 (2014). © NZIPP Photograph by Tracey Grant 7438. CC-BY-NC …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Mary Catherine AWMM
  • Surname
    McNamara AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    McGowan AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII W3127 AWMM
  • Gender
    Female AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    9 January 1921 WAAF Strengths (R21072930) Cambridge, Waikato WAAF Strengths (R21072930)
  • 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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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 5 May 1942 Errol Martyn WAAF Research Ohakea, Manawatu-Wanganui 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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  • Member of the Bulls RSA. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    17 September 2015 AWMM
    Age 94 AWMM
    Wanganui : Whanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
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  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Aramoho Lawn Cemetery, Wanganui AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • This record was partially compiled from data kindly provided by Errol Martyn (2020) AWMM
    • This record was partially compiled from information provided by the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photographers (NZIPP) Veteran Portrait Project. AWMM
    • Strengths, WAAF [Women's Auxiliary Air Force], Returns - December 1942 - February 1950. Archives New Zealand (R21072930) AWMM

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15 February 2023AlisonWanganuiResearcher

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