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Cecil David Conlon

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Photograph of Cecil David Conlon in uniform. Image kindly provided by Philip Lockett (March 2021).

Photograph of Cecil David Conlon in uniform. Image kindly provided by Philip Lockett (March 2021).

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Cecil David AWMM
  • Surname
    Conlon AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Ces AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 26635 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    12 December 1917 Births, Deaths and Marriages
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Portland, Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs B. Conlon (mother), Portland, Whangarei, North 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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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • Cecil Conlon was a POW during the war. AWMM
    • WW2 POW - P.G. 106, Vercelli, Italy Italy Imperial POW Alphabetical List
      Italy, Europe Italy Imperial POW Alphabetical List
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
    WW2 Feb 1944 AWMM
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • A funeral service for Cecil Conlon was held in the Chapel of Tilton Opie & Pattinson, New Lynn. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    27 January 1999 AWMM
    Age 80 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cremated at Waikumete Crematorium, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 29 January 1999 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • you are always in my heart dad, miss you always, your son peter.
    Public - peter - Child - 17 May 2020
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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. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 3: WW2 95 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 74 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 29 January 1999 AWMM
    • Burdon, R. (1959). 24 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Great Britain Army. (1945). Italy : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM
    • Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls B-force 8th infantry brigade group [New Zealand Military Forces - "B" Force - Embarkation Roll]. Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1421 (R22440171) AWMM
    • Gillespie, O. (1952). The Pacific. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Kittel, K. (2019). Shooting through : campo 106 escaped pows after the italian armistice. West Geelong, Victoria : Echo Books, 2019. AWMM

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