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Mervyn Desmond Conning

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Mervyn Desmond AWMM
  • Surname
    Conning AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ2335 AWMM
    • WWII 2335 AWMM
    • WWII NZD2335 AWMM
    • WWII NZD2335 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    5 July 1923 AWMM Morrinsville, Waikato AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
    Diesel Engineer/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Edward Conning (father) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 21 July 1941 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
    • Far East (Air Force) AWMM
    • 1941-1945 Burma AWMM
    • Far East AWMM
    • Far East (Air Force) AWMM
    • Pacific Theatre of War AWMM
    • 1946-1948 British Commonwealth Occupational Force, Japan AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Navy AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ2335 AWMM
    • WWII 2335 AWMM
    • WWII NZD2335 AWMM
    • WWII NZD2335 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    Tamaki, Philomel AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 20 January 1941 AWMM
    Age 17 AWMM
    Mechanic/Military 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
    Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
    Enteritis AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • During the course of his service Mervyn Conning was admitted to the Bombay Naval Hospital

    Husband of Isobel: Father of Bunny, Barbara, Barry, Brian AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    19 October 2013 AWMM
    Age 90 AWMM
    Point Chevalier, Auckland 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

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Sources

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  • External links
    Record Book of Naval Personnel - c.1920-1945 - Lists Navy number, alphabetical list of names of ratings trained in England, numerical lists of officers. Archives New Zealand, R21346617, AAYT 8495 N12
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R21346617
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • Royal New Zealand Navy List (c.1921-c.1970) - kindly provided by Ralph McNabb. This list was not collated by McNabb but was sourced from the Royal New Zealand Navy. AWMM
    • Record Book of Naval Personnel - c.1920-1945 - Lists Navy number, alphabetical list of names of ratings trained in England, numerical lists of officers. Archives New Zealand, R21346617, AAYT 8495 N12 AWMM

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