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Cyril Arthur George Horner

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Cyril Arthur George AWMM
  • Surname
    Horner AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    32510 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 186 Wadestown Road, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr A. Horner (father), Parker Road, Tahuna, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 27 August 1940 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    North Africa AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    32510 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 Warehouseman/Civilian AWMM
    AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Cyril Horner was the son of Arthur and Mary Horner, of Wellington, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    22 July 1942 AWMM
    Age 29 AWMM
    Western Desert, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM XXX. E. 9. AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
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Memorials

Memorial

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  • Cyril was my Poppa's (Ronald Horner) brother. My Nana has always found it very sad that she never got to meet Cyril because he was meant to be a lovely young man. He was killed and burried overseas.
    Public - Sarah - Other Relative - 21 April 2015
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Sources

Sources

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    • 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
      WW2 3: WW2 223 AWMM
    • Puttick, E. (1960). 25 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
      Puttick, E. (1960). p.628 AWMM
    • Puttick, E. (1960). 25 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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21 April 2015SarahAucklandOther Relative

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