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Calvin James Thorne

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Calvin James AWMM
  • Surname
    Thorne AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    Jayforce 829037 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    3 March 1926 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 125 Dixon Street, Masterton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Jayforce Mr R. Thorne (father), 125 Dixon Street, Masterton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 15 July 1947 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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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 June (deceased); father of Stephen, Gary, Kevin, Peter AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    3 March 2013 AWMM
    Age 87 AWMM
    Onerahi, Whangarei AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Onerahi Cemetery, Onerahi, Whangarei, New Zealand AWMM Onerahi Ash Berm. Plot 67 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

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Sources

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  • External links
    Cemetery Records, Whangarei District Council
    http://www.wdc.govt.nz/FacilitiesandRecreation/Cemeteries/Pages/CemeteryDatabaseSearch.aspx
    Sources Used
  • References
    • 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
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1950). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 16 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1946 to 30th June, 1948). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 16: WW2 132 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • Brocklebank, L.W. (1997). Jayforce : New Zealand and the military occupation of Japan, 1945-48. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford University Press. AWMM

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