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Hector McPherson

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Hector AWMM
  • Surname
    McPherson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 12422 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
    WW2 Pre 1940-1941 AWMM 25 Cobham St., Christchurch AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs. J.E. McPherson, 25 Cobham St., Spreydon, Christchurch (mother) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1940-1941 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
    WWII 12422 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
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1940-1941 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.310 Shoemaker/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.310
    2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.310
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    WW2 POW - Stalag VIII-B (later 344), Lamsdorf, Poland WW2 POW Medically Unfit (R25405151)
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Private H. McPherson (Stalag VIII B)

    Letter: 10/12/1941
    It is well into December now and we are looking forward to Christmas now, hoping that the following one will find us together again. We are looking forward to our Christmas parcel which is already here and these parcels contain cakes and puddings and chocolate. These parcels are extra issue on top of the ordinary weekly parcel so you can bet your life this lad will be busy. I can put away Nestles sweetened milk with a spoon now - remember when I couldn't take it even in tea? Oh, and 'Ovaltine' is my nightcap now and it is very good. Well, Mother, a letter will be most welcome for my Christmas box and there is a good deal of New Zealand mail in the camp. Hope there is one from you. My watch is still keeping time and my ring you gave me safe and sound.

    (Source: The New Zealand prisoner of war pamphlet (No. 3, May 1942, p.7)) AWMM
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Death

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Sources

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  • External links
    Prisoners of War 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force - Repatriated Medically Unfit Protected Personnel. Archives NZ R25405151.
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R25405151
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.310 AWMM
    • Green, A. T., Jamieson, H. R., Jamieson, Vera, and Hobbs, Margaret. Tell Our Story. World War II in North Africa : History of the New Zealand 6th Field Ambulance, 14 June 1942 to 6 October 1943. Wellington [N.Z.]: Margaret Hobbs, 1999. Print. AWMM
    • Prisoners of War 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force - Repatriated Medically Unfit Protected Personnel [WW2 POW Medically Unfit], 1943 [1946], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393/1/v (R25405151) AWMM
    • Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Joint Council of the Order of St. John and the New Zealand Red Cross Society. Prisoners of War Enquiry Office. (1941–1944). The New Zealand prisoner of war pamphlet: Official pamphlet of the Prisoners of War Enquiry Office of the Joint Council of the Order of St. John and the New Zealand Red Cross Society. Wellington, New Zealand. AWMM
      No. 3, May 1942, p.7 AWMM

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