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Alexander David Paterson

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alexander David AWMM
  • Surname
    Paterson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Alex AWMM
  • Service number
    47506 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    2 February 1919 AWMM Feilding, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Awahuri Road, Feilding, Manawatu, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs J.K. Paterson (mother), 2 Boydfield Street, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1941 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
    47506 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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  • Husband of Mollie

    Justice of the Peace AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    13 November 2012 AWMM
    Age 93 AWMM
    Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Feilding Cemetery Public - Allan - Researcher - 31 December 2018 - Manawatu District Council cemetery records
  • Grave reference
    Block RSA Row 199 Plot 146 Public - Allan - Researcher - 31 December 2018 - Manawatu District Council cemetery records
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 14 November 2012

    The Dominion Post, 14 November 2012 AWMM
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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Taylor, A. (1998). The New Zealand roll of honour : New Zealanders who have served their country in peace and war : 150 years, 1845-1995. Auckland, N.Z.: Roll of Honour Publications. AWMM
    • Cooke, P. (2001). Defending New Zealand: ramparts on the sea 1840-1950s. Wellington, N.Z.: Defence of New Zealand Study Group. AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald 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 164 AWMM
    • Taylor, A. (1998). The New Zealand roll of honour : New Zealanders who have served their country in peace and war : 150 years, 1845-1995. Auckland, N.Z.: Roll of Honour Publications. AWMM
      Taylor, A. (1998). p. 835 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 14 November 2012 AWMM
    • Dominion Post AWMM
      The Dominion Post, 14 November 2012 AWMM

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31 December 2018AllanFeildingResearcher

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