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Mervyn Lang

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Mervyn AWMM
  • Surname
    Lang AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    43146 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs E.E. Lang (mother), 10 Severn Street, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Grocer/Civilian AWMM
    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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Cissie; father of Judy, Dennis, David, Barry, Alan, Neil and Janet AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    2 June 2005 AWMM
    Age 82 AWMM
    Whangarei, Northland 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, June 2005 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • remembering you dad, your strength, our strength. missing you
    Public - david william - Child - 6 October 2022
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  • Remembering Granddad and all those who served to protect the freedoms we take for granted today.
    Public - Jason - Direct descendant - 1 April 2016
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  • Remembering Dad, passed away 10 years ago.
    Public - Barry - Child - 28 April 2015
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 7 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1942 to 31st March, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 7: WW2 198 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, June 2005 AWMM
    • Kay, R. (1958). 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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06 October 2022david williamaucklandChild
01 April 2016JasonAucklandDirect descendant
28 April 2015Barry AucklandChild

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