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Bruce Allan Strang

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Bruce Allan AWMM
  • Surname
    Strang AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    61868 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
    Unknown AWMM C/o Inspectors Office, Union Bank, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs N. Strang (mother), 61 Fulton Street, Invercargill, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    61868 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 Unknown AWMM Banker/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
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of William and Helen Strang, of Waimatuku, Southland AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    3 December 1943 AWMM
    Age 26 AWMM
    Italy, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Sangro River War Cemetery, Italy AWMM XVI. D. 35. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Roll of Honour

Remember Bruce Allan Strang by laying a poppy.

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Leave a tribute or memory of Bruce Allan Strang

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  • We may not have met you but you have not been forgotten, you are often mentioned and thought of, particularly at this time of the year. Thank you for your sacrifice so that we and our children may live the lives we do.
    Public - Susan - Other Relative - 27 April 2015
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  • To my great uncle Allan you have not been forgotten. We remember the sacrifice that you made and thank you for that.
    Public - Rachel - Other Relative - 24 April 2015
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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/2214989
    Sources Used
  • References
    Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 11 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1943 to 30th June, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    WW2 11: WW2 123 AWMM

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16 January 2022Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
29 June 2015GailCook IslandsOther
27 April 2015SusanAucklandOther Relative
27 April 2015Susan AnneAucklandOther
24 April 2015RachelChristchurch, NZOther Relative

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