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John Caldwell O'Connell

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John Caldwell AWMM
  • Surname
    O'Connell AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    493845 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
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Winnifred Isabella Kerr O'Connell (wife), 9 Haywards Terrace, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
    Married, 3 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
    493845 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
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Prisoner of war

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  • Days interned
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  • Liberation Repatriation
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  • POW serial number

Medical history

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    Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
    Fatally injured in a bicycle collision with a lorry AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Arthur John O'Connell, and of Frances Mary O'Connell (nee Quinn), of Wellington City; husband of Winifred Isabella Kerr O'Connell, of Lower Hutt.

    Next of kin details compiled from information in the Casualty lists published in the newspapers. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    27 August 1943 AWMM
    Age 31 AWMM
    Lower Hutt, Wellington AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Accidental Death AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM Rom Cath section Plot 267 S AWMM
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  • Rest in peace grandad, I wish I had the pleasure of meeting you. Look forward to it someday.
    Public - Anthony - Other Relative - 25 April 2015
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25 April 2015AnthonyWellingtonOther Relative

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