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Cenotaph record

Howard Edward Cann

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Howard Edward AWMM
  • Surname
    Cann AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    439484 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
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs M.L. Cann (mother), Fox Road, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    439484 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

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
    Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
    Accidentally killed whilst training in the bush AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Howard Cann was the son of Albert Edward Cann and Mabel Lucy Cann, of Gonville, Wanganui, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    18 October 1942 AWMM
    Age 20 AWMM
    Taihape, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Accidental Death AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Aramoho Cemetery, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM D. 1. 25. AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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