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Mary Gwen Lynskey

  • Service number
    • WWII W4387 AWMM
    • W4387 Public - Janine - Child - 14 March 2015 - Military Personnel Files
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    • Air Force AWMM
    • WAAF (Women's Auxiliary Air Force) RNZAF Public - Janine - Child - 14 March 2015 - Military Personnel Files
  • Last rank
  • War
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WAAF Mary Gwen Lynskey

Mary Gwen Lynskey

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Mary Gwen AWMM
  • Surname
    Lynskey AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII W4387 AWMM
    • W4387 Public - Janine - Child - 14 March 2015 - Military Personnel Files
  • Gender
    Female AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1922 WAAF Strengths (R21072930)
  • Date of birth
    15 December 1922 Public - Janine - Child - 14 March 2015 - Family/me
  • Place of birth
    Kaponga, South Taranaki, new Zealand Public - Janine - Child - 14 March 2015 - Family/me
  • Birth notes
    daughter of Ellinor Maude and Maurice John Lynskey Public - Janine - Child - 14 March 2015 - Me/family
  • Address before enlistment
    Austin Road, Normanby,South Taranaki Public - Janine - Child - 7 April 2015 - family records, military records
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mr M.J. Lynskey (father), Normanby, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mr M J Lynskey (Father)
      Austin Road, Normanby, South Taranaki, New Zealand Public - Janine - Child - 14 March 2015 - Military Personnel Files
  • Relationship status
    • Single/WWII AWMM
    • Father Public - Janine - Child - 14 March 2015 - Military Personnel Files

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    • Air Force AWMM
    • WAAF (Women's Auxiliary Air Force) RNZAF Public - Janine - Child - 14 March 2015 - Military Personnel Files
  • Service number
    • WWII W4387 AWMM
    • W4387 Public - Janine - Child - 14 March 2015 - Military Personnel Files
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW2 Unknown AWMM Clerk AWMM
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    • Date of Enlistment: 9 December 1942 Public - Janine - Child - 14 March 2015 - Military Personnel Files
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Mary worked at Union Foundries (Engineering) in Hawera as a Clerk. Public - Janine - Child - 7 April 2015 - Military papers and family records
  • Age on enlistment
    19 years 358 days Public - Janine - Child - 14 March 2015 - Military Personal files

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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Death

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  • 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
  • References
    • Service Women Project: Sponsorship to research this record was kindly provided by the Auckland Returned Services Association, Returned Servicewomen's Branch; Marjorie Traill, Dorothy Grant, Daphne Shaw and Margaret Woollett. AWMM
    • Strengths, WAAF [Women's Auxiliary Air Force], Returns - December 1942 - February 1950. Archives New Zealand (R21072930) AWMM

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17 September 2021JaninePapamoa, New ZealandChild

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