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Mervyn Lawrence Cook

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Mervyn Lawrence AWMM
  • Surname
    Cook AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    47762 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 38 Argyle Avenue, Palmerston North, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Builder/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs E. Cook (mother), 38 Argyle Avenue, Palmerston North, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    47762 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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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

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    2 August 2011 AWMM
    Age 92 AWMM
    Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Kelvin Grove Cemetery, Palmerston North, New Zealand AWMM Area DA, Block 011, Plot 211 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: Dominion Post, 3 August 2011 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Cemetery Records. Palmerston North cemetery & cremation search.
    http://www.pncc.govt.nz/ServicesAndFacilities/OnlineServices/CemeteryAndCremationSearch.aspx
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Dominion Post AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 5 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1941 to 30 September, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 5: WW2 47 AWMM
    • Dominion Post AWMM
      Death Notice: Dominion Post, 3 August 2011 AWMM

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