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Margaret Joan Reyburn

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Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel R_007. Image taken June 2020.

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War II Hall of Memories Panel R_007. Image taken June 2020.

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Margaret Joan AWMM
  • Surname
    Reyburn AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    W/3211 AWMM
  • Gender
    Female AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1923 WAAF Strengths (R21072930)
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

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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  • Margaret Reyburn was the daughter of Stanley Neville Reyburn and Dorothy Reyburn, of Karori, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    7 October 1943 AWMM
    Age 19 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium, Meadowbank, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Block G, Row 11, Grave 13. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

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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/2920446
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Mackenzie, B. (1982). The WAAF book : a scrapbook of wartime memories. Christchurch, N.Z.: Whitcoulls Publishers. AWMM
    • Service Women Project: Sponsorship to research this record was kindly provided by the Auckland Returned Services Association, Returned Servicewomen's Branch; Marjorie Traill, Dorothy Grant, Daphne Shaw and Margaret Woollett. AWMM
    • Strengths, WAAF [Women's Auxiliary Air Force], Returns - December 1942 - February 1950. Archives New Zealand (R21072930) AWMM

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