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Thomas Henry L. McGowan

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Identity

  • Title
  • Forenames
    Thomas Henry L. AWMM
  • Surname
    McGowan AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Tom AWMM
    • Tommy AWMM
  • Service number
    • R71453 AWMM
    • 71453 AWMM
    • Jayforce 46544 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    10 January 1924 AWMM
  • 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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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
    Radar Fitter 14 Squadron (R20220122)
  • Enlistment
    2 June 1946 AWMM
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  • 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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  • BDM Record 2002/16452. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    14 July 2002 Cemetery Record
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland AWMM Plot 207, Row 9A, Service Persons Ash Burial Area K AWMM
  • Cemetery name
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Manning - Adjustments to Strengths - RNZAF Bases and Units - 14 Squadron (1965-1967). Archives New Zealand, Wellington ABFK W4266 7281 Box 211 (R20220122) AWMM
    • Forms 38' Medical report files - 14 Squadron Japan. Archives New Zealand, AIR1W3869 (R18631080). AWMM
    • Brocklebank, L.W. (1997). Jayforce : New Zealand and the military occupation of Japan, 1945-48. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford University Press. AWMM

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