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Percy Gordon Rayner

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Percy Gordon AWMM
  • Surname
    Rayner AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    10680 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 South Bay, Kaikoura, Marlborough, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs V. Rayner (wife), South Bay, Kaikoura, Marlborough, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Western Desert AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    10680 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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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  • Percy Rayner was the son of Keith Allport Rayner and Victoria Rayner, of Kaikoura, Marlborough, New Zealand; husband of Viola Daphne Rayner, of Kaikoura. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    12 July 1942 AWMM
    Age 27 AWMM
    Western Desert, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM Joint grave XXVIII. B. 23. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Kaikoura War Memorial, 34 Esplanade, Kaikoura 7300 AWMM
    • Marlborough War Memorial, Second World War Panel AWMM

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  • In loving memory of your service for us and your country, may you always be remembered fondly and know that your whanau does not forget you, arohanui Blair and Rayner whanau xxx 🌹
    Public - Trudie Margaret-anne - Other relative - 27 February 2016
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2211469
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Ross, A. (1959). 23 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 2: WW2 154 AWMM

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27 February 2016Trudie Margaret-anneChristchurchOther relative

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