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Duncan Wray McLachlan

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Duncan Wray AWMM
  • Surname
    McLachlan AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    3290 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    11 July 1912 Public - Shane Patrick - Other relative - 3 April 2018 - NZBDM birth database - Reg. No. 1912/18956 and NZBDM death database Reg. No. 1992/48831
  • Place of birth
    Masterton, Wellington, New Zealand Public - Shane Patrick - Other relative - 3 April 2018 - New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981, Ancestry.com
    transscription:-
    Name: Duncan Wray McLachlan
    Birth Date: Oct-Nov-Dec 1912
    Registration Place: Masterton, Wellington, New Zealand
    Folio Number: 5603
  • Birth notes
    NZBDM birth registration no. 1912/18956 Public - Shane Patrick - Other relative - 3 April 2018 - New Zealand Birth Index, 1840-1950, Ancestry.com
    Transcription:-
    Name: Duncan Wray McLachlan
    Birth Date: Oct-Nov-Dec 1912
    Registration Place: Masterton, Wellington, New Zealand
    Folio Number: 5603
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Box 64, Taumaranui, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Civil Servant / Clerk Public - Shane Patrick - Other relative - 3 April 2018 - New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981, Ancestry.com
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • N.H. McLachlan, Rangitumau, Masterton, New Zealand AWMM
    • Norman Henry McLachlan Public - Shane Patrick - Other relative - 3 April 2018 - NZBDM birth database - Reg. No. 1912/18956
  • Relationship status
    • Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
    • Father Public - Shane Patrick - Other relative - 3 April 2018 - NZBDM birth database - Reg. No. 1912/18956

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    3290 AWMM
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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Days interned
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  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

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Death

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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
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  • Obituary
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Sources

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  • References
    • 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 114 AWMM
    • Dawson, W. (1961). 18 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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03 April 2018Shane PatrickUSAOther relative

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