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John Lawrence McCabe

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John Lawrence AWMM
  • Surname
    McCabe AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    Jayforce 646610 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    5 August 1925 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    5/8/1925 Public - Marion - Wife - 25 April 2017 - military personal files
  • Place of birth
    TeAroha Public - Marion - Wife - 25 April 2017 - military personal files
  • Birth notes
    John Lawrence McCabe son of Ruby McCabe and Robert McCabe. Public - Marion - Wife - 25 April 2017 - military personal files
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM New Zealand Cooperative Dairy Company, Waitoa, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Manager Mineral Refinery Auckland Public - Marion Catherine - Wife - 8 May 2015 - Family Papers
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Jayforce Mrs R. McCabe (mother), Te Aroha, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Farm hand/Civilian AWMM
    Morrinsville, Waikato AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Employee Waitoa Dairy Factory Public - Marion Catherine - Wife - 8 May 2015 - Family Papers
  • Age on enlistment

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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Son of Robert and Ruby McCabe

      Husband of Marion; father of Denise AWMM
    • father of Russell McCabe grandfather of Karyn Jack nee McCabe Brady McCabe Analiese Jackson and Andre Jackson. Public - Marion Catherine - Wife - 8 May 2015 - births deaths marriage

Death

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  • Death
    31 July 2010 AWMM
    Age 84 AWMM
    Waitakere, Waitakere City 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, 2 August 2010 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • love you great great granddad. sad I couldn't see you.

    from Jah
    Public - Jah - Other relative - 4 May 2022
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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. (1950). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 16 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1946 to 30th June, 1948). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 16: WW2 78 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 2 August 2010 AWMM
    • Brocklebank, L.W. (1997). Jayforce : New Zealand and the military occupation of Japan, 1945-48. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford University Press. AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
04 May 2022JahAuckland New zealandOther relative
08 May 2015Marion CatherineAuckland New ZealandWife

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