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Cenotaph record

Henry Anthony Polson Coburn

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Henry Anthony Polson AWMM
  • Surname
    Coburn AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Harry AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII NZ433247 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    6 February 1903 BDM, deaths
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Coral, father of James, Christine

    Service: Paraparaumu AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    21 December 2012 Death notice, Dom Post; BDM, deaths
    Age 88 AWMM
    Death notice, Dom Post; BDM, deaths
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: The Dominion Post, 22 December 2012 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • Dominion Post AWMM
      Death Notice: The Dominion Press, 22 December 2012 AWMM
    • Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
      Vol. 3 p. 614, ref 197 AWMM
    • Armoury Cenotaph File AWMM
    • This record is a work in progress and was partially compiled from the “Database of New Zealand Airmen who took part in Advanced Air Training in Canada during WW2”. Researched by Ivan and Lorna Lindsey of Tauranga. N.Z. 2003 – 2012. Reproduced with permission. AWMM

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