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John Robert McCorquindale

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John Robert AWMM
  • Surname
    McCorquindale AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Jack AWMM
    • Corky AWMM
  • Service number
    373177 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • Italy AWMM
    • Monte Cassino AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    373177 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 Clerk AWMM
    Narrow Neck, Devonport 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
    Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
    Wounded 18 March 1944 AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Married Christina (Chris) Smith on 15 November 1941. They had three children.

    Went into camp in December 1939 as a Terry at Mount Victoria and later became Instructor at NMDSI with the rank of Lieutenant.

    After being wounded at Cassino, he went on to Florence. Returning to Maadi, he was appointed education officer to the NZ training depot with the rank of captain and later as G 3 training.

    On the cessation of hostilities he was offered a job with UNRRA but could not pass the medical examination.

    He returned to NZ on the Dominion Monarch in January 1946.

    Served as Mayor of New Lynn, Auckland, 1965-74; 1977-80. AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    Dec 1989 AWMM
    Age 68 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Western Leader, 11 December 1989, p.4 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Grandad - thank you for your service. Remembering you this Anzac Day 🥀
    Public - Melanie - Direct descendant - 25 April 2021
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  • Lest we forget.
    Thank you for your services to New Zealand Grandad. Your great grandchildren have been learning about ANZAC and are very proud of you and your brothers ❤️
    Public - Katrina - Child - 25 April 2020
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Sources

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  • 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
      WW2 12: WW2 118 AWMM
    • Burdon, R. (1959). 24 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
      Burdon, R. (1959), p. 234 AWMM
    • Western Leader AWMM
      Western Leader, 11 December 1989, p.4 AWMM
    • Burdon, R. (1959). 24 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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25 April 2021Melanie Auckland, New Zealand Direct descendant
25 April 2020KatrinaAuckland Child

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