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David Powell Lindsay

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    David Powell AWMM
  • Surname
    Lindsay AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    621341 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    12 November 1906 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 340 High Street, Dannevirke, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs M.E. Lindsay (wife), 14 Lawrence Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
    Married, 2 children AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    621341 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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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  • David Lindsay was the elder son of James and Rosa Emily Lindsay and brother of John Douglas Lindsay.

    Wife of Mae Elizabeth Lindsay; father of Michael and Neil of Gisborne.

    He and several men in his platoon were hit by a shell from a 25-pounder firing short.

    Represented New Zealand in swimming at the Games of the IX Olympiad, Amsterdam 1928. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    12 December 1943 AWMM
    Age 37 AWMM
    Italy, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Sangro River War Cemetery, Italy AWMM XVI. C. 23. AWMM
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  • Obituary
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Memorials

Memorial

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06 January 2022Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher

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