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Eric David Waghorn

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Eric David Reece & Joyce Waghorn

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Eric David AWMM
  • Surname
    Waghorn AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 46891 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    19 October 1913 Public - Fay - Other relative - 25 April 2020 - Family papers
  • Place of birth
    Buller, South Island, New Zealand Public - Fay - Other relative - 25 April 2020 - Family papers
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 1941 AWMM Reefton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Coal miner Public - Fay - Other relative - 25 April 2020 - Family papers
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mr Bert Waghorn (brother), Reefton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 46891 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

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
  • 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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Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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    Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 5 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1941 to 30 September, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    p.217 AWMM

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