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Gilbert Eastcott Cairns

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Portrait, Weekly News 24 December 1941 - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait, Weekly News 24 December 1941 - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Gilbert Eastcott AWMM
  • Surname
    Cairns AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 23913 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    13 August 1911 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 1940-1941 AWMM Maungaturoto AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mr. W.H. Cairns, Helensville (father) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1940-1941 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Maj G. E. Cairns, MC; Auckland; born Auckland, 13 Aug 1911; barrister and solicitor; BM 6 Bde; twice wounded. (Source: Cody, J.F. 21 Battalion. p.112.) AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    29 March 1980 21Bn Assoc. Inc. Records. MS-2008-42.
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  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
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  • Obituary
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Memorials

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Sources

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    • 21 Battalion (Official history of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45) AWMM
      pp.112, 116, 122, 137, 138, 139, 140, 197, 271. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.69 AWMM
    • Veterans' club : the comradeship and memories of Auckland's 21st infantry battalion. Auckland War Memorial Museum : Auckland. Accompanies exhibition held in the Pictorial Gallery, second floor, Auckland War Memorial Museum, 24 March-21 May 2006. AWMM
    • 21 New Zealand Infantry Battalion Association Inc. Records, 1955 - 2005. Auckland War Memorial Museum. MS-2008-42. AWMM

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