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Leslie Gollan

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Les Gollan

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Leslie AWMM
  • Surname
    Gollan AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    31614 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
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1940-1941 AWMM Married/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    31614 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1940-1941 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.175 Chef/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.175
    Christchurch, Canterbury 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.175
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • WW2
      Crete, Greece List of 2NZEF POW (MS 2009/8)
    • WW2 POW - Salonike, Greece - VIII-B Lamsdorf, Germany 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
      Germany, Europe 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
    • WW2 POW - Poland POW Deaths (R25405152)
      Poland, Europe POW Deaths (R25405152)
      Rudawa, near Cracow AWMM
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number
    WWII 24160 AWMM

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
    • 3 October 1945 AWMMOther, WWII AWMM
      Killed in a train accident. AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Leslie Gollan was the husband of Christina May Gollan, of Addington, Canterbury, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    10 March 1945 AWMM
    Age 35 AWMM
    Poland, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Krakow Rakowicki Cemetery, Poland AWMM 2. A. 4. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • In loving memory.
    Public - Alison - Other relative - 28 June 2016
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2193658
    Sources Used
  • References
    • List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8. AWMM
    • 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
      p.175 AWMM
    • Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM
    • Green, A. T., Jamieson, H. R., Jamieson, Vera, and Hobbs, Margaret. Tell Our Story. World War II in North Africa : History of the New Zealand 6th Field Ambulance, 14 June 1942 to 6 October 1943. Wellington [N.Z.]: Margaret Hobbs, 1999. Print. AWMM
    • Deaths While Prisoner of War - Navy, Army, Air Force and Civilians [WW2 NZ POW Deaths], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393 Box 1 (R25405152). AWMM

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28 June 2016AlisonLeeston, Canterbury, New ZealandOther relative

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