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Ian Bruce Park

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ian Bruce AWMM
  • Surname
    Park AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    446077 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    b. 1922 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 May 2023 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Place of birth
    Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 May 2023 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Birth notes
    Son of John McIntyre Park and Olive Ellen Park, of Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 May 2023 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1943 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    446077 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 1943 2NZEF Nom. Roll 11, p.100 Stock clerk/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 11, p.100
    Gisborne, Gisborne 2NZEF Nom. Roll 11, p.100
  • 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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of John McIntyre Park and Olive Ellen Park of Gisborne, Auckland. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    21 October 1944 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM
    Italy, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cesena War Cemetery, Italy AWMM I. H. 3. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    The death In action of Sergeant Ian Bruce Park, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. .1. M. Park, Wi Pere Street is announced. Sergeant Park was’ 22 years of age, and left New Zealand in May, 1943:, shortly after attaining the age of 21 years, He went into camp In 1940 with a Territorial draft, and was promoted successively in non-commissioned grades, attaining the rank of W.O. 1 at Waiouru before being posted overseas. He went abroad in the ranks, and was again promoted in the field, where he .saw most of the fighting in the Italian campaign. Sergeant Park was born in Gisborne, and educated at Mangapapa and the Gisborne High School. He had one brother and one sister. Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 17 February 2024 - Death in Action
    GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXI, ISSUE 21575, 30 NOVEMBER 1944, PAGE 6
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
    • Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne AWMM

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Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1713716
    Sources Used
  • References
    • 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
      p.100 AWMM
    • Henderson, J. (1958). 22 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
17 February 2024Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher
30 December 2015Lorraine MGisborne, NZResearcher

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