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Edmund John McAra

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Edmund John AWMM
  • Surname
    McAra AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    5937 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 31 The Cresent, Roseneath, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr J. McAra (father), 73 Belgrave Cresent, Roslyn, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1941 Crete AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    5937 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 Commercial artist/Civilian AWMM
    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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    • Edmund McAra was the son of Johnston and Jessie McAra, of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand; husband of Mavis Winifred McAra, of Roslyn, Dunedin. AWMM
    • His mother's maiden name was Jessie Anderson Swanson. She was also an artist. More can be found out about her here https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64797172. Edmund was born in 1906. Public - Siobhan - Researcher - 24 June 2019 - http://www.gazzard.net/Forsyth.html
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Death

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  • Death
    20 May 1941 AWMM
    Age 35 AWMM
    Crete, Greece AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Athens Memorial, Phaleron War Cemetery, Athens, Greece AWMM

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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/2629011
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Henderson, J. (1958). 22 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 2: WW2 113 AWMM

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