Search results Next record Previous record Māori John Darwin Maling Born 6 February 1915 - Died 16 March 2009 PDF Key details Service number Also known as Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankLieutenant Colonel/Military AWMM WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesJohn Darwin AWMM SurnameMaling AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service number GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth6 February 1915 AWMM Timaru, Canterbury AWMM Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistment Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkation Relationship statusSingle/WWII AWMM 1950 AWMM Married/Post WWII AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM CampaignBurma AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service number Military service11th Sikh Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM Royal Artillery AWMM Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and AwardsCompanion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) AWMM 20 September 1945 AWMM Military Cross (MC) AWMM Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) Twice AWMM Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency Enlistment29 August 1935 AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsSecond Lieutenant AWMM Leicestershire Regiment, 1st Battalion AWMM Indian Army AWMM WW2 Lieutenant/Military AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notes Last known rank Contribute › Last rankLieutenant Colonel/Military AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Educated at Christ's College, Christchurch; Royal Military College, Sandhurst; and Staff College, Quetta.Married Frida Paget, 1950. Later worked for the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service 1959-1981, and was a voluntary worker with the New Zealand Schizophrenia Fellowship. Source: Obituary, The Telegraph, 6 April 2009. AWMM Death About death Contribute › Death16 March 2009 AWMM Age 94 AWMM 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 Contribute › Memorial name Roll of Honour Remember John Darwin Maling by laying a poppy. William James Malin Christopher Lewis Maling John Darwin Maling Mary Elaine Maling Paul Robert Harper Maling Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of John Darwin Maling Leave a note Contribute › Processing Sources Sources Contribute › External linksObituary, The Telegraph, United Kingdom, 6 April 2009 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/5115691/Lt-Col-John-Maling.html Further Reference John Darwin Maling, Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Darwin_Maling Further Reference Wikidata Entity http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q20679414 Further Reference DocumentsHaigh, J., Polaschek, A. (Eds.). (1993). New Zealand and the Distinguished Service Order. Christchurch, N.Z.: Authors. AWMM p.431 AWMM The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided. Online Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License Search results Next record Previous record