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Cenotaph record

Henry Leonard Kippin

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Portrait (kindly provded by his wife) - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait (kindly provded by his wife) - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Henry Leonard AWMM
  • Surname
    Kippin AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Kip AWMM
  • Service number
    41898 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    7 December 1912 AWMM Cambridge, Waikato AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 14 August 1940 AWMM 17 Myrtle Street, Hamilton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Cook/Military AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Annie Kippin (mother), 17 Myrtle Street, Hamilton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 7 April 1941 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Italy AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    41898 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    • Ngaruawahia (cooking) AWMM
    • Waiouru (driving) AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 14 August 1940 AWMM
    Age 27 AWMM
    Storeman/Civilian AWMM
    Hamilton, Waikato 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
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Throat infection for which he may have been treated in hospital in Italy. AWMM
    • Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
      Stroke AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Sergeant Kippin arrived back in Wellington on 19 April 1945 on the Esperance Bay. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    22 November 1995 AWMM
    Age 82 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Block K, Section 10A, Plot 81 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 25 November 1995 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

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Sources

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  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 4: WW2 193 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 25 November 1995 AWMM
    • Henderson, J. (1954). RMT: official history of the 4th and 6th Reserve Mechanical Transport Companies. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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