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Don Alexander Falconer

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Don in later life on a short fishing trip with his brother-in-law Les Bogue

Don Falconer

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Don Alexander AWMM
  • Surname
    Falconer AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 413255 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    28 July 1914 AWMM
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Service

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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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  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
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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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    • BDM Record 1996/39967 AWMM
    • After the war, Don and Eileen (née Bogue) farmed at Eureka, Waikato and had 2 children. Later they moved in to Hamilton and operated the Bernina sewing machine franchise until retiring to Mount Maunganui. Public - Ian Leslie - Other relative - 14 November 2021 - Personal family knowledge.

Death

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    22 August 1996 AWMM
    Mt Maunganui, Bay of Plenty AWMM
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  • Cemetery
    Pyes Pa, Tauranga AWMM SA 2 Plot Location: 143 AWMM
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  • My dearest Dad, years past, but memories life forever! Your loving daughter Sue
    Public - Sue - Child - 21 April 2018
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    • This record is a work in progress and was partially compiled from the “Database of New Zealand Airmen who took part in Advanced Air Training in Canada during WW2”. Researched by Ivan and Lorna Lindsey of Tauranga. N.Z. 2003 – 2012. Reproduced with permission. 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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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
14 November 2021Ian LeslieOne Tree point, NZOther relative
21 April 2018SueAucklandChild

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