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Cyril Desmond Mulcahy

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Headstone of Pilot Officer Cyril Desmond Mulcahy (428793). Hotton War Cemetery, Luxembourg, Belgium. New Zealand War Graves Trust (BEBT8235). CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Headstone of Pilot Officer Cyril Desmond Mulcahy (428793). Hotton War Cemetery, Luxembourg, Belgium. …

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Cyril Desmond AWMM
  • Surname
    Mulcahy AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • NZ428793 AWMM
    • WWII 428793 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1922 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Parents: Mr. & Mrs. C. D. Mulcahy. Durham Street, Levin AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
    Pilot/Military RNZAF Biographies (R17845613)
  • Enlistment
  • 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
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Michael Mulcahy and of Sarah Elizabeth Mulcahy (nee May), of Levin.

    A replica of a memorial in Weiswampach, Luxembourge, designed by Pol Holweck stands near the gun emplacements in Harbourview Orangihina Park in Te Atatu Peninsula. Unveiled in September 2010, it commemorates not only the airmen who died when their Lancaster bomber was shot down over the village of Weiswampach on 12/13 August 1944 but all those who lost their lives.

    Attended Levin District High School, Horowhenua College, Wellington Technical College (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845613)) AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    12 August 1944 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM
    Belgium, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Hotton War Cemetery, Luxembourg, Belgium AWMM Coll. grave VI. G. 1-6. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Weiswampach Lancaster Memorial, Luxembourg, Belgium AWMM
    • War Memorial, Harbourview-Orangihina Park, Te Atatu, Auckland (replica of Weiswampach Lancaster Memorial) AWMM

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Sources

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  • References
    • RSA review: the official journal of the N.Z. Returned Services' Association AWMM
    • Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
      Martyn, E. (1998-2008). Vol. 2 p. 261, vol. 3 p. 360 AWMM
    • This record is a work in progress and was partially compiled from the “Database of New Zealand Airmen who took part in Advanced Air Training in Canada during WW2”. Researched by Ivan and Lorna Lindsey of Tauranga. N.Z. 2003 – 2012. Reproduced with permission. AWMM
    • RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ma - McW. Archives New Zealand (R17845613) - Former archives reference: AIR118 AWMM
    • List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. [Missing - But Presumed Dead on Lapse of Time - Officers, Airmen]. Archives New Zealand (R17845743) AWMM
    • Please note that the 12 volumes of the "RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939-1945" held at Archives NZ (formerly known as AIR118) should be used in conjunction with Errol Martyn's "For Your Tomorrow". FYT reflects detailed examination of all of the AIR118 bios which contain many inaccuracies and omissions. AWMM

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