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Donald Stanley Ansin

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Donald Stanley AWMM
  • Surname
    Ansin AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    70447 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM Woodville, New Zealand AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM Woodville, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mr Victor Ansin (father), Woodville, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mr Victor Ansin (father), Woodville, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

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
    70447 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

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
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Died from Natural Causes, Cause of Death AWMM
    Died on active service AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Donald Ansin was the son of Victor Carl Ansin and Marjory Duncan Ansin, of Woodville. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    21 March 1944 AWMM
    Age 24 AWMM
    Italy, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died from Natural Causes AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cassino War Cemetery, Italy AWMM X. A. 16. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • great uncle Donald is my grandfathers brother Fredrick Ansin, I am the daughter of Gaye Ansin my name is Renee Nuku
    Public - Renee - Other relative - 16 November 2015
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  • In loving memory of my brother who was killed at Casino, but never forgotten. Always in my thoughts.
    Public - Marjory - Sibling - 22 April 2015
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2608001
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 7 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1942 to 31st March, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 7: WW2 8 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 12: WW2 7 AWMM
    • 21 Battalion (Official history of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45) AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
23 January 2022Ian Banks Taumarunui New ZealandResearcher
16 November 2015ReneeNew ZealandOther relative
22 April 2015MarjoryPalmerston NorthSibling

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