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Cenotaph record

Douglas Arthur Spark Blakie

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Douglas Arthur Spark AWMM
  • Surname
    Blakie AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Doug AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 82314 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    19 April 1920 BDM, deaths
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 1943 AWMM Section 2, Rural Delivery, Otahuti, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mr S.A. Blakie (father), Section 2, Rural Delivery, Otahuti, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 82314 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Farmer/Civilian 2NZEF Nom Roll 11, p. 14
    Invercargill, Southland 2NZEF Nom Roll 11, p. 14
  • 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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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Daisy (Dai).

    Known as Doug.
    Service number in the death notice is 48281. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    18 August 2014 BDM, deaths; death notice
    Age 94 AWMM
    Christchurch, Canterbury BDM, deaths; death notice
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: The Press (Christchurch), 23 August 2014 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 11 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1943 to 30th June, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 11: WW2 14 AWMM
    • Armoury Cenotaph File AWMM

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