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Ian Douglas McKerchar

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Pleasant Point School War Memorial, South Canterbury, Names WW2 (Photo Brian Davison, 2009) - This image may be subject to copyright

Pleasant Point School War Memorial, South Canterbury, Names WW2 (Photo Brian Davison, 2009) - This i …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ian Douglas AWMM
  • Surname
    McKerchar AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    277217 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 Cave, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs A. McKerchar (mother), Cave, 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
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    277217 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 Farm hand/Civilian 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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  • Son of John Laidlaw McKerchar and Agnes McKerchar, of Cave, Canterbury, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    7 December 1943 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Italy, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Sangro River War Cemetery, Italy AWMM XVI. C. 7. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Pleasant Point School War Memorial, South Canterbury AWMM

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Ross, A. (1959). 23 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 11 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1943 to 30th June, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 11: WW2 83 AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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07 January 2022Ian Banks Taumarunui New ZealandResearcher

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