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Winston Mills Horne

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Photo of Win in his Army uniform. The original is held in the Horne family collection. Most likely taken in Egypt 1941-42 prior to Win's capture on July 15 1942 during the First Battle of El-Alamein.

Winston Mills Horne in Army uniform

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Winston Mills AWMM
  • Surname
    Horne AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 5154 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    23 May 1912 Public - Tania - Direct descendant - 23 July 2023 - Military personnel record
  • Place of birth
    Wanganui Public - Tania - Direct descendant - 23 July 2023 - Military personnel record
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 1940 AWMM 4 Kuku St., Taihape AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Fitter, NZ Railways (40 years' service) Public - Tania - Direct descendant - 23 July 2023 - Family records
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mr. P. Horne, N.Z. Railways, Palmerston North (brother) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1940 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

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 1940 2NZEF Nom. Roll 1, p.85 N.Z. Railways 2NZEF Nom. Roll 1, p.85
    Taihape, Manawatu-Wanganui 2NZEF Nom. Roll 1, p.85
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Jockey with Wallace Young, Hastings Public - Tania - Direct descendant - 23 July 2023 - Military enlistment form
  • Age on enlistment
    27 Public - Tania - Direct descendant - 23 July 2023 - Record of Military Board papers

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • WW2
      15 July 1942 AWMM
      On the Deletions List AWMM
    • WW2 POW - P.G. 107, Torviscosa, Udine, Italy Italy Imperial POW Alphabetical List
      Italy, Europe Italy Imperial POW Alphabetical List
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
    WW2 Escaped or evaded capture. Interrogated at BARI ("A" allied PW RC). AWMM
  • 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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  • After returning from WWII, Win began a 40-year career for the NZ Railways as a fitter. He married Sheila Monica Lyons in Invercargill and they had two sons, Neil and John. Public - Tania - Direct descendant - 23 July 2023 - Family history notes

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

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Sources

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  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.85 AWMM
    • List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8. AWMM
    • Great Britain Army. (1945). Italy : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM
    • Nominal Roll of NZ Escapees and Evaders - 1 New Zealand Interrogation Section Book 1, Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393 (R25405144) AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
23 July 2023TaniaWellington, New ZealandDirect descendant

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