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Cenotaph record

Arthur Michael O'Donnell

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Arthur Michael AWMM
  • Surname
    O'Donnell AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Mick AWMM
  • Service number
    14717 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Catholic, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    25 October 1913 AWMM Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM James Line, Bunnythorpe, Manawatu, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Farmer/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr John O'Donnell (father), Bunnythorpe, Manawatu, 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
    14717 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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • His son writes: "After the war he had respiratory illness, chronic asthma and bronchitis, apparently due to sand in the lungs" AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    22 May 1987 AWMM
    Age 73 AWMM
    Taupo, Waikato 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 P Block 013 plot 105 AWMM
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  • Obituary
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  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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