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Cyril Edgar Donehue

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Cyril Edgar AWMM
  • Surname
    Donehue AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • NZ40915 AWMM
    • WWII 40915 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
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  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    21 July 1913 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
    Europe (Air) AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Air Force AWMM
  • Service number
    • NZ40915 AWMM
    • WWII 40915 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
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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 in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
    Killed on air operations AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of James Donehue and of Ella Donehue (nee Nicholas), of Temuka, Canterbury, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    24 February 1941 AWMM
    Age 28 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Pihen-Les-Guines War Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM 1 F 6 AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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