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Cenotaph record

English Māori

Gordon Duthie Calder

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Gordon Duthie AWMM
  • Surname
    Calder AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    65893 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    17 August 1914 AWMM Drummond, Southland AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
    Newspaper runner/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Pre 13 September 1941 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • Italy AWMM
    • North Africa AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    65893 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 3 July 1941 AWMM Newspaper runner/Civilian 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
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Admitted to hospitals in Tripoli and Cassino. AWMM
    • Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
      Kidney failure AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    23 April 1983 AWMM
    Age 68 AWMM
    Ashburton, Canterbury AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Ashburton Cemetery, Bremners Road and Seafield Road, Ashburton, New Zealand AWMM RSA Section plot 24 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • Documents
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 5 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1941 to 30 September, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.36 AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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