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Colin Alastair McDonald Warne

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Sergeant C A McD. Warne - of Dargaville.

Sergeant C A McD. Warne - of Dargaville.

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Colin Alastair McDonald AWMM
  • Surname
    Warne AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 412291 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    23 January 1921 BDM, deaths
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Dargaville, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Post Office Foreman/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs W. Warne (mother),C/o Bank of New Zealand, Dargaville, 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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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    WW2
    Confirmed POW July 1943 AWMM
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of John Leonard Warne and Williamina (nee Buchanan) Warne. Husband of Gloria.

    A lineman in Dargaville before the war, Colin returned to Dargaville at war end. By 1949 he had married Gloria and and they were living in Hastings Parade on the North Shore. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    15 January 1989 Death notice, BDM, deaths
    Age 67 AWMM
    Death notice, BDM, deaths
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  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Western Lawn B Row 1 Plot 168 AWMM
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Memorials

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