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Charles Archie D'Arcy Blackburn

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2nd NZEF, 4864 Lt Colonel C A D BLACKBURN, M.I.D., NZ Infantry, died 5 December 1984 aged 85 yearsHe is buried in the Taruheru Cemetery GisborneBlk RSAAS Plot 62

Charles Archie D'Arcy BLACKBURN

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles Archie D'Arcy AWMM
  • Surname
    Blackburn AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    4864 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM PO Box 51, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs E.M. Blackburn (wife), PO Box 51, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 5 January 1940 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    4864 AWMM
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Embarkations

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Biographical information

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Death

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    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 1: WW2 19 AWMM
    • Sinclair, D. (1954). 19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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11 November 2022Lorraine Mona GisborneResearcher

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