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Charles Yin

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles AWMM
  • Surname
    Yin AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    286505 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    5 May 1914 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM 12 Wilton Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Electroplater/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs A.L. Yin (mother), 12 Wilton Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Electroplater/Civilian AWMM
    AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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 Piha. Of Chinese descent. AWMM
    • Brother of Douglas, George and Arthur Public - gareth allan - Other relative - 25 April 2017 - I am his grand nephew

Death

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  • Death
    31 October 1984 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Protestant Berm A Row 2 Plot 51 AWMM
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  • Obituary
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Memorials

Memorial

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  • i'm charles yin's grandson.
    Public - dylan - Other relative - 4 October 2018
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04 October 2018dylanaucklandOther relative
25 April 2017gareth allanauckland NZOther relative

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