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Roger Leon Corcoran

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Memorial photograph, Airmen from Australia and New Zealand Memorial, Calgary unveiled on 25 April 2004 by the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta (photo by Bev Tosh) - This image may be subject to copyright

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Roger Leon AWMM
  • Surname
    Corcoran AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • NZ431319 AWMM
    • WWII 431319 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    14 April 1923 Noel Smith Research Project
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Air Force AWMM
  • Service number
    • NZ431319 AWMM
    • WWII 431319 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

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
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of William Roger and Clarice Patience Corcoran, of Whakatane, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Death

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    16 March 1945 AWMM
    Age 21 AWMM
    Canada, North America AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Middleton Holy Trinity Old Cemetery, Middleton, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada AWMM Sec. 2. Grave 7. AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
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Memorials

Memorial

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    • Airmen from Australia and New Zealand Memorial, Memorial Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
    • Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne AWMM

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  • It is now 70 years since you died in Nova Scotia. I am very grateful that my daughter Katy was able to visit your grave, the first family member to do so. I know Nana and Poppa and Bob would have loved to have been able to go to Canada. I will get there one day. Your niece Colleen
    Public - Colleen Mary - Other Relative - 23 April 2015
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    • This record is a work in progress and was partially compiled from the “Database of New Zealand Airmen who took part in Advanced Air Training in Canada during WW2”. Researched by Ivan and Lorna Lindsey of Tauranga. N.Z. 2003 – 2012. Reproduced with permission. AWMM
    • This record was partially completed by information provided by Noel George Smith (2020-2021). AWMM

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01 June 2022KelvinNorfolk, EnglandResearcher
17 September 2019AngelaVancouverOther relative
01 July 2019GraemePleasantville, Nova Scotia , CanadaResearcher
23 April 2015Colleen MaryRotorua New ZealandOther Relative

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