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Alan Ian Cairnhill McCracken

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Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel M_004. Image taken June 2020.

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel M_004. Image taken June 2020.

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alan Ian Cairnhill AWMM
  • Surname
    McCracken AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1921 AWMM Whakatane, Eastern Bay of Plenty AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr William Alexander McCracken (father), Rural Delivery, Whakatane, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Navy AWMM
  • Service number
  • 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 1941 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
    Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
    Killed in an aircraft accident AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of William Alexander McCracken and of Ethel Grace McCracken (nee Jacobsen) of Whakatane. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    15 May 1943 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM
    Somerset, England AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Accidental Death AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Downside Abbey Monastic Cemetery, Somerset, England AWMM West Side AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
    • Photograph of grave memorial. Could email or upload. Public - Timothy - 23 May 2023 - Monks’ cemetery, Downside Abbey, Stratton on the Fosse, Somerset, England.

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Confortare. Auckland, N.Z.: Sacred Heart College. AWMM
    • Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
    • Allison, D. (2009). Flying Navy: The story of New Zealanders who flew in the Fleet Air Arm in World War I and World War II and the Roll of Honour of those who died in action and on active service. Auckland, N.Z.: Fleet Air Arm Museum of New Zealand. AWMM
      p.132 AWMM

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