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Cenotaph record

Cecil Owen Henry Day

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Cecil Owen Henry AWMM
  • Surname
    Day AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Ces AWMM
  • Service number
    14954 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    17 June 1914 AWMM Abbey Wood, Kent AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 1 October 1940 AWMM C/o Bank of New South Wales, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Bank manager/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs J.E. Day (wife), C/o Bank of New South Wales, High Street, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1 April 1941 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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
    Admitted to Helwan Hospital AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Joan

    He was commissioned as a Lieutenant at the Royal Military College, England

    Cenotaph record initially prepared with the serviceman in 1998 AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    7 February 2010 AWMM
    Otāhuhu, Auckland AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 13 February 2010 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 4 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 13 February 2010 AWMM
    • Ross, A. (1959). 23 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Norton, F. (1952). 26 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Cenotaph record initially prepared with the service person. AWMM

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