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Cenotaph record

Desmond Patrick Clune

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Desmond Patrick AWMM
  • Surname
    Clune AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    Malaya 75255 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    29 September 1932 BDM 1991/52296
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
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  • 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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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
    Instrument mechanic/Civilian Malaya 41 Sqn R20220124
  • Enlistment
    Malaya 16 February 1950 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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Death

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  • Death
    1 May 1991 BDM 1991/52296
    BDM 1991/52296
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  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Papakura Cemetery, Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Lawn Row Z Plot 66 AWMM
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Sources

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    Manning - Adjustments to Strengths - RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Bases and Units - 41 Squadron [Malayan Emergency 41 Squadron Repatriation and Misc List], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, ABFK 7281 W4266/211 (R20220125) AWMM

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