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Alexander Binnie Andrew

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alexander Binnie AWMM
  • Surname
    Andrew AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • NZ4514 AWMM
    • WWII RN(NZ)2 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
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  • Age on enlistment

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
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of James and Mary Andrew, of Dundee, Angus, Scotland

    HMS Gambia was transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy as HMNZS Gambia from 1943 to 1946 and was returned to the Royal Navy at Portsmouth in March 1946 AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    21 June 1945 AWMM
    Age 30 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Prot. Naval Area A, Row2, Grave 27 AWMM
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Sources

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    • Royal New Zealand Navy List (c.1921-c.1970) - kindly provided by Ralph McNabb. This list was not collated by McNabb but was sourced from the Royal New Zealand Navy. AWMM
    • Record Book of Naval Personnel - c.1920-1945 - Lists Navy number, alphabetical list of names of ratings trained in England, numerical lists of officers. Archives New Zealand, R21346617, AAYT 8495 N12 AWMM

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