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Cenotaph record

Euan Alexander Haslett

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  • Service number
    • WWII 4864 AWMM
    • WWII 291086 AWMM
    • WWII NZ4864 AWMM
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    Navy AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Portrait of Euan Alexander Haslett. Image kindly provided by Cheryl Haslett (May 2021).

Portrait of Euan Alexander Haslett. Image kindly provided by Cheryl Haslett (May 2021).

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Euan Alexander AWMM
  • Surname
    Haslett AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII 4864 AWMM
    • WWII 291086 AWMM
    • WWII NZ4864 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    9 November 1920 AWMM Rakaia, Canterbury AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Rakaia AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Railway employee AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 21 May 1942 AWMM Tractor driver/Civilian 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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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Alexander and May Ada Haslett of Rakaia AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    16 June 1987 AWMM
    Age 66 AWMM
    Ashburton, Canterbury AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Rakaia Cemetery Ashburton District New Zealand AWMM Interdenominational - 39 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Ashburton Guardian Tuesday 16 June 1987 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Record Book of Naval Personnel - c.1920-1945 - Lists Navy number, alphabetical list of names of ratings trained in England, numerical lists of officers. Archives New Zealand, R21346617, AAYT 8495 N12
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R21346617
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand, World War II Ballot Lists, 1940–1945. [Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette.] CD-ROM. Ravensbourne, Dunedin, New Zealand: Colonial CD Books, n.d. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • Royal New Zealand Navy List (c.1921-c.1970) - kindly provided by Ralph McNabb. AWMM
    • Record Book of Naval Personnel - c.1920-1945 - Lists Navy number, alphabetical list of names of ratings trained in England, numerical lists of officers. Archives New Zealand, R21346617, AAYT 8495 N12 AWMM

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06 May 2021Cheryl ChristchurchDirect descendant

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