Māori John Bernard Cairns Died 27 November 1941 PDF Key details Service number20391 AWMM Also known asJock AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankGunner/Military AWMM New Zealand Artillery, 5 Field Regiment AWMM WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Portrait, Weekly News 17 December 1941 - This image may be subject to copyright Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesJohn Bernard AWMM SurnameCairns AWMM Ingoa Also known asJock AWMM Service number20391 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistmentUnknown AWMM 55 Riddler's Crescent, Petone, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkationMrs G.B. Cairns (wife), 324 Jackson Street, Petone, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM Relationship statusUnknown AWMM Married AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM CampaignWestern Desert AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service number20391 AWMM Military service Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW2 Unknown AWMM Printer/Civilian AWMM AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW2 Gunner/Military AWMM 27 Field Battery AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notesKilled on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankGunner/Military AWMM New Zealand Artillery, 5 Field Regiment AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › John Cairns was the son of John and Marion Cairns, Masterton, New Zealand. He was the husband of G.B. Cairns, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. His daughter was three years old when he was killed. AWMM Death About death Contribute › Death27 November 1941 AWMM Age 26 AWMM Western Desert, North Africa AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of deathKilled on Active Service AWMM Death notes CemeteryHalfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM 16.B.3 AWMM Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial name Roll of Honour Remember John Bernard Cairns by laying a poppy. John Cairns John Cairns John Bernard Cairns John Douglas Cairns John William Cairns Lay a poppy for 2020 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of John Bernard Cairns Leave a note Contribute › Processing Sources Sources Contribute › External linksPapers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast Sources Used Commonwealth War Graves Commission record https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2115833 Sources Used DocumentsThe Evening Post AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM p.30 AWMM The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided. Online Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
