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Colin Humphrey Callister

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Headstone of Sub-lieutenant Colin Humphrey Callister (8342 and 632567). Image kindly provided by Paul Callister (January 2017). Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Headstone of Sub-lieutenant Colin Humphrey Callister (8342 and 632567). Image kindly provided by Pau …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Colin Humphrey AWMM
  • Surname
    Callister AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • 8342 AWMM
    • 632567 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    7 September 1924 AWMM Carterton, Wellington AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
    Importer/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Flora Pearl Callister (mother) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1943 AWMM Single 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 1941? AWMM
    Age 17 AWMM
    Clerk AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    WW2
    Greece, Europe List of 2NZEF POW (MS 2009/8)
  • 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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Army Number: 632567 AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    3 August 2015 Public source
    Lower Hutt, Wellington Public source
  • 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

Sources

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  • References
    • Personnel - Demobilisation - RNZN [Royal New Zealand Navy], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, N1/427 (R21465798) AWMM
    • List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8. 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

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01 January 2017PaulNew ZealandChild

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