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David Clark Johnstone

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Headstone of Leading Aircraftman David Clark and Alison May Johnstone, Okaiawa Cemetery, Okaiawa, Taranaki. Image kindly provided by John Forrest (July 2021).

Headstone of Leading Aircraftman David Clark and Alison May Johnstone, Okaiawa Cemetery, Okaiawa, Ta …

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    David Clark AWMM
  • Surname
    Johnstone AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII 8/447957 AWMM
    • WWII NZ4216688 AWMM
    • WWII 4216688 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    21 March 1923 NZDF Statement of Service
  • 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
  • Service number
    • WWII 8/447957 AWMM
    • WWII NZ4216688 AWMM
    • WWII 4216688 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
    Mechanic/Military NZDF Statement of Service
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1 September 1941 NZDF Statement of Service Dairy farmer/Civilian NZDF Statement of Service
  • 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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  • NZ Armoured Corp 1 September 1941 to 19 December 1942 Transfer to RNZAF 20 December 1942 until 28 September 1945. Served in the Pacific at Laucala Bay, Fiji, from 1 June 1944 to 4 August 1945. Source: NZDF Statement of Service. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    10 August 1992 AWMM
    Age 69 AWMM
    Okaiawa, Taranaki AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Okaiawa Cemetery, Okaiawa, Taranaki AWMM Plot 386, Row G, Okaiawa General Old Lawn AWMM
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  • Obituary
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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    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

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