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Donald Alexander Cameron

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2nd NZEF, 6847 Pte D A CAMERON, NZ Infantry, died 23 August 1963.

6847 Pte D A CAMERON

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Donald Alexander AWMM
  • Surname
    Cameron AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    6847 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    b. 1913 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 March 2024 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Place of birth
    Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 March 2024 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Birth notes
    Son of David Peter & Colina CAMERON of Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 March 2024 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Waerenga-a-hika, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Collina Cameron (mother), Waerenga-a-hika, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
    • 1947 Donald A CAMERON married Nancy Olive PARSONS (nee' HARDING) - divorced Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 19 March 2024 - NZ BDM Marriage Records

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    6847 AWMM
  • Military service
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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
    • WW2
      Crete, Greece List of 2NZEF POW (MS 2009/8)
    • WW2 POW - Stalag VIII-B (later 344), Lamsdorf, Poland 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
      Germany, Europe 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number
    WWII 23336 AWMM

Medical history

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Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    23 August 1963 Public Source
  • Date of death
    23 August 1963 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 30 November 2015 - Gisborne Cemetery Records
  • Age at death
    64yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 30 November 2015 - Gisborne Cemetery Records
  • Place of death
    Gisborne, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 30 November 2015 - Gisborne Cemetery Records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Taruheru Cemetery, Gisborne Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 30 November 2015 - Gisborne Cemetery Records
  • Grave reference
    Block RSA; Plot 140; Warrant # 10643 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 30 November 2015 - Gisborne Cemetery Records
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Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 2: WW2 30 AWMM
    • List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8. AWMM
    • Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM
    • Henderson, J. (1958). 22 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
19 March 2024Lorraine Mona GisborneResearcher
30 November 2015Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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