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Cenotaph record

Laurence Wilson Edwin McIlroy

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Photograph of Laurence McIlroy in uniform. Image kindly provided by Glen French (September 2022).

Photograph of Laurence McIlroy in uniform. Image kindly provided by Glen French (September 2022).

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Laurence Wilson Edwin AWMM
  • Surname
    McIlroy AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 416008 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    5 August 1918 BDM 1992/42557
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
    Office Worker/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

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
  • 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
    18 July 1992 BDM 1992/42557
    Age 73 AWMM
    Christchurch, Canterbury BDM 1992/42557
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Linwood Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury AWMM Block 36A, Plot 139 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Cemetery record
    https://heritage.christchurchcitylibraries.com/Cemeteries/interment.asp?id=1875
    Further Reference
  • References
    • 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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