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Andrew Francis Costain

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Andrew Francis AWMM
  • Surname
    Costain AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    33681 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    b. 1916 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 28 June 2023 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Ngatapa, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs E.M. Costain (wife), 61 Lytten Road, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 29 October 1940 AWMM Married AWMM
    • 1941 Andrew Francis COSTAIN married Ellen Marie McGACHIE Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 3 May 2023 - NZ BDM marriage records
    • NZ BDM Marriage Records Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 3 May 2023 - NZ BMD Marriage Records

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Shepherd/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • 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 in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Andrew Costain was the son of Edwin and Kate Costain, of Gisborne, New Zealand; husband of Ellen Marie Costain, of Gisborne. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    22 July 1942 AWMM
    Age 26 AWMM
    Western Desert, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM XXX. D. 4. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    IN MEMORIAM
    Costain. —ln loving memory of Andy (Kelly), killed in action El Alamein, July 22, 1942: aged 26. Ever remembered. .
    — Inserted by his loving wife.
    Costain. - ln remembrance of our cobber and friend, Andy, killed in action at Alamein. July 22, 1942. — Inserted by the Hall family.

    Costain. — ln loving memory of our dear brother. Andy, killed in action July 22. 1942. — Ever remembered by his loving sisters. Nancy. Betty and Joyce. Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 28 June 2023 - IN MEMORIAM
    GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXI, ISSUE 21463, 22 JULY 1944, PAGE 1
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  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • 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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Sources

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  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 3: WW2 100 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 4: WW2 78 AWMM
    • Puttick, E. (1960). 25 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls B-force 8th infantry brigade group [New Zealand Military Forces - "B" Force - Embarkation Roll]. Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1421 (R22440171) AWMM
    • Gillespie, O. (1952). The Pacific. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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28 June 2023Lorraine Mona GisborneResearcher

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