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Cenotaph record

James Bruce Collett

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James Bruce AWMM
  • Surname
    Collett AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ4311853 AWMM
    • WWII 246164 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
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  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    29 July 1920 AWMM Lyttelton, Christchurch AWMM
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  • Post war occupation
    Pharmacist/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Pacific Theatre of War AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
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    • WWII NZ4311853 AWMM
    • WWII 246164 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Branch Trade Proficiency
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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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  • Served in Fiji with a Meteorological unit, Royal New Zealand Air Force. Post war served as a Justice of the Peace and as Mayor of Lyttelton. Husband of Barbara.

    Attended Christchurch Boys' High School. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    22 December 2011 Death Notice
    Age 85 AWMM
    Christchurch, Canterbury AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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    • New Zealand, World War II Ballot Lists, 1940–1945. [Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette.] CD-ROM. Ravensbourne, Dunedin, New Zealand: Colonial CD Books, n.d. AWMM
    • The Christchurch Press AWMM
      Death Notice: 14/08/2012 AWMM

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