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James Frank Falconer

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James Frank Falconer

James "Sonny" Falconer

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Identity

About

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  • Title
    Mr Public - Grant - Child - 28 December 2017 - Family history
  • Forenames
    • James Frank AWMM
    • James Frank (Sonny) Public - Grant - Child - 28 December 2017 - Family history
  • Surname
    Falconer AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Jim Public - Grant - Child - 28 December 2017 - Family history
  • Service number
    • Korea 458919 AWMM
    • Borneo 458919 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    26 May 1931 AWMM Foxton, Manawatu AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Kay, father of Grant, and Jason. Grandfather of Noah. Family source.

    Embarked twice for Korea (via Japan).

    Section Commander, B Company, Borneo. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    11 June 1992 AWMM
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  • 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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  • We miss you grandad. Thank you for being a great father to my father.
    Public - Noah - Direct descendant - 4 February 2021
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Gurr, Robert M. (1995). Voices from a border war : a history of 1 Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, 1963 to 1965. Melbourne, Vic.: Robert Gurr. AWMM
    • Pugsley, C. (2003). From emergency to confrontation: the New Zealand armed forces in Southeast Asia, 1949-1966. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. AWMM
    • Chamberlain, H. (2013). The New Zealand Korea Roll : honouring those who served in the New Zealand Armed Forces in Korea, 1950-1957. Wellington, N.Z.: Author. AWMM
      p.139 AWMM
    • H.E. Chamberlain, Nominal Roll – 1 RNZIR, 8 May 1964, in Gurr, Robert. (2009). Voices from a border war: Borneo 1963-1965. 2nd Edition. Christchurch, N.Z.: Wilson Scott Publishing, pp.139-150 AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • Nominal rolls - Nominal rolls embarkation K-force [Korea Nominal Roll], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1433 (R22440250) AWMM

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04 February 2021NoahNew zealandDirect descendant
23 April 2020TrudyAucklandOther

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