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Cenotaph record

Duncan Desmond Gillanders

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Duncan Desmond AWMM
  • Surname
    Gillanders AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII 7782 AWMM
    • WWII NZ7782 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Italy AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Navy AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWII 7782 AWMM
    • WWII NZ7782 AWMM
  • Military service
    School cadets AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    • Burnham and Ashburton with the Army AWMM
    • HMS Tamaki with the RNZN AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 7 May 1942 AWMM
    Age 18 AWMM
    Farm hand/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
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
    Admitted to hospital in UK AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Mr Alexander Gillanders

    Hostilities Only AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
  • 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
    • Personnel - Demobilisation - RNZN [Royal New Zealand Navy], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, N1/427 (R21465798) AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • Royal New Zealand Navy List (c.1921-c.1970) - kindly provided by Ralph McNabb. AWMM

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