English Māori Paddy Costello Died 1954 PDF Key details Service number943 AWMM Also known asD. P. Costello AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rank WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesPaddy AWMM SurnameCostello AWMM Ingoa Also known asD. P. Costello AWMM Service number943 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistmentUnknown AWMM Care of John Prendergast, Ngaruawahia, New Zealand AWMM Post war occupationDiplomat/Civilian AWMM University Professor in Russian AWMM Next of kin on embarkationMrs D.P. Costello (wife), 9 Longbrook Terrace, Exeter, England AWMM Relationship statusUnknown AWMM Married AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM CampaignGreece AWMM North Africa AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service number943 AWMM Military service21 Infantry Battalion AWMM Long Range Desert Group AWMM 21 Infantry Battalion 21Bn Assoc. Inc. Records. MS-2008-42. Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW2 Unknown AWMM Teacher/Civilian AWMM London, England AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW2 Private AWMM 29 Composite Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notes Last known rank Contribute › Last rank Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Husband of Bella nee Lerner AWMM A brave soldier but with left-wing leaning communist views. Believed to be a Soviet spy in the Cold War years. Public - J H - 13 October 2017 - See bibliography below Death About death Contribute › Death1954 AWMM Age 52 AWMM Manchester, England AWMM 1 March 1964 21Bn Assoc. Inc. Records. MS-2008-42. 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 Contribute › Memorial name Roll of Honour Remember Paddy Costello by laying a poppy. Michael David Costello Owen Michael John Costello Paddy Costello Patrick Costello Patrick John Costello Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Paddy Costello Leave a note Contribute › Processing Related objects 21 New Zealand Infantry Battalion Association Inc - Records, 1955 - 2005 Library / Pictorial › manuscripts and archives MS-2008-42 Sources Sources Contribute › External linksGuardian review of McNeish book 2008 http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/aug/30/biography Further Reference Derby, M. (2008). Book Review of McNeish, J. (2007). The Sixth Man. N.Z.: Random House. http://books.scoop.co.nz/2008/04/15/extraordinary-biography-of-an-extraordinary-life/#more-124 Further Reference Beckett, F. (2007, October 8). Review of the McNeish, J, (2007). The sixth man. N.Z.: Vintage New Zealand. New Statesman online. http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2007/10/paddy-costello-zealand Further Reference Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Published on Te Ara, The encyclopedia of New Zealand online. http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/biographies/5c37/costello-desmond-patrick Further Reference DocumentsEll, S. (2008). A New Zealand Christmas: three centuries of Kiwi Christmas celebrations from the Alexander Turnbull Library. Auckland, N.Z.: Godwit. 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 100 AWMM Ell, S. (2008). A New Zealand Christmas: three centuries of Kiwi Christmas celebrations from the Alexander Turnbull Library. Auckland, N.Z.: Godwit. AWMM Ell, S. (2008). p. 168-169 Christmas card sent by Paddy Costello then of the New Zealand Legation, Paris AWMM McNeish, J. (2007). The Sixth man. Auckland, N.Z.: Vintage New Zealand. AWMM Veterans' club : the comradeship and memories of Auckland's 21st infantry battalion. Auckland War Memorial Museum : Auckland. Accompanies exhibition held in the Pictorial Gallery, second floor, Auckland War Memorial Museum, 24 March-21 May 2006. AWMM 21 New Zealand Infantry Battalion Association Inc. Records, 1955 - 2005. Auckland War Memorial Museum. MS-2008-42. 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