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Colin McOnie

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"Portrait of brothers George and Colin McOnie. Geordie (George) McOnie standing Colin McOnie sitting. Image kindly provided by Julie Dovaston (April 2020). Image has no known copyright restrictions.

"Portrait of brothers George and Colin McOnie. Geordie (George) McOnie standing Colin McOnie sitting …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Colin AWMM
  • Surname
    McOnie AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 26661 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
    WW1 P. McOnie (father), Grey Street, Thames South, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Messines AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 26661 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian 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
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Colin McOnie was the son of Peter and Mary McOnie, of Forest Lake Avenue, Frankton Junction, New Zealand. Native of Owaka, Otago.

    New Zealand at the Front ( a magazine written and published and illustrated in France by men of the New Zealand Division) 1917 issue, page141. Some H Company sailed on the Devon AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    7 June 1917 AWMM
    Age 30 AWMM
    Belgium, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Mesen, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM Spec. Memorial C. 14. AWMM
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  • Obituary
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Memorials

Memorial

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    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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  • Remembering my Great Great Uncle Colin, my Great Grandmothers Brother who gave his life in WW1. .
    Public - Carol - Other relative - 25 April 2018
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