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Cenotaph record

Māori

Donald William Warnock

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Portrait, kindly provided by family - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait, kindly provided by family - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Donald William AWMM
  • Surname
    Warnock AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    229333 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Methodist, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    14 June 1921 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 2 September 1940 AWMM Pinfold Road, Woodville, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs M Warnock (mother), Vogel Street, Woodville, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 10 December 1942 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    Waiouru AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 2 September 1940 AWMM
    Age 19 AWMM
    Pattern maker/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      6 feet AWMM
    • Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Donald Warnock was the son of John Alfred Warnock and Margaret Frances Warnock (nee Eden) of Woodville. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    27 March 1944 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM
    Italy, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cassino War Cemetery, Italy AWMM VI. J. 23. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • Documents
    • The Weekly News AWMM
      The Weekly News 1944 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 9: WW2 415 AWMM
    • Murphy, W. (1966). 2nd New Zealand Divisional Artillery. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
      Murphy, W. (1966). page 574 has an account of the action in which he was killed. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
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