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Jack McGifford Cleland

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Jack Cleland

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Jack McGifford AWMM
  • Surname
    Cleland AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ411371 AWMM
    • WWII 411371 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    29 December 1913 RNZAF Embarkation Roll (R17845762) Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui RNZAF Embarkation Roll (R17845762)
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
    General Manager MGM New Zealand.
    Formed a Wellington transport company, Jets Transport. Public - Kelvin - Researcher - 13 January 2022 - http://www.aircrewremembered.com/cleland-jack-mcgifford.html
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mr and Mrs G. H. Cleland, Petone AWMM
    • Son of Oswald Hugh Cleland (died 03rd January 1953) and Ivy Ethel Cleland (née Gibbs - died 18th September 1977). Brother of Marie Annie McKnight, Ronald Joseph Cleland, Oswald Douglas Cleland, Ian Cl Public - Kelvin - Researcher - 13 January 2022 - http://www.aircrewremembered.com/cleland-jack-mcgifford.html
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Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Air Force AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ411371 AWMM
    • WWII 411371 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
    Pilot/Military AWMM
  • Enlistment
  • 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 February 1970 AWMM
    Age 56 AWMM
    Lower Hutt, Wellington AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Taita Lawn Cemetery Northern end Rimu Street Naenae Lower Hutt New Zealand AWMM RSA Soldiers Burial, Block 11, Row N, Plot 12 AWMM
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Sources

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    • New Zealand, World War II Appointments, Promotions, Transfers and Resignations, 1939–1945. [Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette.] CD-ROM. Ravensbourne, Dunedin, New Zealand: Colonial CD Books, n.d. AWMM
    • Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
    • List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - Embarkation Lists, November 1940 - July 1942. Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R17845762). AWMM

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