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Cenotaph record

Douglas Kenneth Rains

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Douglas Kenneth AWMM
  • Surname
    Rains AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    310878106 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
  • Post war occupation
    Merchant Mariner/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Navy AWMM
  • Service number
    310878106 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Pat; father of John and Sal; brother of Jose and Babs

    Member of Merchant Navy and Durham Association

    Service at St. Columba Presbyterian Church, Tauranga, New Zealand

    Cenotaph database record compiled from information in the Death Notice AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    25 February 2011 AWMM
    Tauranga, Bay of Plenty AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cremated AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    The Dominion Post, 28 February 2011 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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    • Allison, D., Richards, R., & Fleet Air Arm Museum of New Zealand. (2009). Flying navy : the story of new zealanders who flew in the fleet air arm in world war i and world war ii and the roll of honour of those who died in action and on active service. Auckland [N.Z.] : Fleet Air Arm Museum of New Zealand. AWMM
    • Dominion Post AWMM
      The Dominion Post, 28 February 2011 AWMM

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