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Cenotaph record

Daniel Henry Cotterill

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Photograph of Daniel Henry Cotterill in uniform. Image kindly provided by Diane Butler (August 2022)

Photograph of Daniel Henry Cotterill in uniform. Image kindly provided by Diane Butler (August 2022) …

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Daniel Henry AWMM
  • Surname
    Cotterill AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Blue AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII NZ401577 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    6 June 1910 BDM 1973/49693
  • 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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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1940 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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  • Was posted to to Guadacanal during WW2 service with the NZRAF, but after contracting malaria was returned to NZ. Served most of his time at Whenuapai. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    17 July 1973 BDM 1973/49693
    Age 63 AWMM
    Whangarei, Northland BDM 1973/49693
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  • Age at death
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  • Cause of death
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  • Memorial name
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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    Information kindly provided by public contributor AWMM

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