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Cenotaph record

Melvyn James Lochead

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Group, WW2 including Henry Hamlin (Napier) (37399), Melvyn Lochead (Te Kopuru); Murray Bennett (Auckland); Will Wakely (Wellington); Archie Sears (Okato). - This image may be subject to copyright

Group, WW2 including Henry Hamlin (Napier) (37399), Melvyn Lochead (Te Kopuru); Murray Bennett (Auck …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Melvyn James AWMM
  • Surname
    Lochead AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Mel AWMM
  • Service number
    36319 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    30 January 1917 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    30/01/1917 Public - Paul Jonathan - Child - 15 March 2016 - Birth Certificate
  • Place of birth
    Te Kopru Public - Paul Jonathan - Child - 15 March 2016 - Birth Certificate
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM Dargaville, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Aratapu, Dargaville, North Auckland, New Zealand Public - Paul Jonathan - Child - 15 March 2016 - Family Oral History
  • Post war occupation
    Joiner Public - Paul Jonathan - Child - 15 March 2016 - Family Oral History
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs W.H. Lochead (mother), Dargaville, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
    • Single Public - Paul Jonathan - Child - 15 March 2016 - Family Oral History

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    36319 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    Trentham Public - Paul Jonathan - Child - 15 March 2016 - Military Personnel File
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment
    23 Public - Paul Jonathan - Child - 15 March 2016 - Military Personnel File

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

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Nancy; Mal, Heather, Carol, Anne and Paul. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    18 February 2008 AWMM
    Age 91 AWMM
    Mount Roskill, Auckland City AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Mt Wesley Cemetery, Dargaville, Northland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 20 February 2008 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
  • 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. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 3: WW2 275 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 20 February 2008 AWMM

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