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Donald A. Singe

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Portrait of Donald Singe (Air Force) and Mervyn Allen Singe (Army) in WWII uniform. Image kindly provided by Felicity Semmiens (May 2017). Image may be subject to copyright.

Portrait of Donald Singe (Air Force) and Mervyn Allen Singe (Army) in WWII uniform. Image kindly pro …

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Donald A. AWMM
  • Surname
    Singe AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    D. A. Singe AWMM
  • Service number
    Jayforce NZ46890 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs I. Singe (mother), 25 Parau St., Kaiti, Gisborne AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1941 AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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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  • Son of Albert Victor Sing (Singe) who served in WWI. Mother's name was Isabel Singe (nee Agnew).

    Of Chinese descent. AWMM

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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  • External links
    Air Force Recruits, Aucklanders for Levin. New Zealand Herald, Volume 78, Issue 24061, 4 September 1941.
    https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19410904.2.96?query=singe%20air%20force
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • Jayforce Nominal Roll, Manning: No 14 Squadron (1947-1948), Archives New Zealand. AIR1 17211 (R21077358). AWMM
    • Brocklebank, L.W. (1997). Jayforce : New Zealand and the military occupation of Japan, 1945-48. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford University Press. AWMM
    • Forms 38' Medical report files - 14 Squadron Japan. Archives New Zealand, AIR1W3869 (R18631080). AWMM

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