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Hughie Gordon

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Hughie AWMM
  • Surname
    Gordon AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    484642 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    abt. 1921 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 3 May 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/hughie-gordon
  • Place of birth
    NZ Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 3 May 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/hughie-gordon
  • Birth notes
    Son of Douglas and Nellie Gordon Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 3 May 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/hughie-gordon
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 1943 AWMM Married/WWII AWMM
    • husband of Delysia D. Gordon, of Tokomaru Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 3 May 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/hughie-gordon

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Italy AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    484642 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Hughie Gordon was the son of Douglas and Nellie Gordon; husband of Delysia D. Gordon, of Tokomaru, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    19 October 1944 AWMM
    Age 24 AWMM
    Italy, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cesena War Cemetery, Italy AWMM I, G, 2. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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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/1713442
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.73 AWMM
    • Puttick, E. (1960). 25 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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03 May 2023Lorraine MonaGisborne Researcher

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