COASTWATCHERS Heenan, Arthur Clarence

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Heenan ​

• FORENAME

Arthur Clarence ​

• UNIT

New Zealand Coastwatchers ​

• RANK

Corporal ​

• NUMBER

148324 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

15th October 1942 ​

• AGE

22 ​

• GRAVESITE

Bourail Memorial,New Caledonia Panel 1 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 26.9.1920 Middlemarch,Otago,New Zealand​

son of Edward Percy and Martha Mcqueen Heenan,Middlemarch,Otago,New Zealand​

single​

former 1 Bn Southland Regiment​

NZ Post and Telegraph Department​

embarked 12.7.1941 Auckland,New Zealand​

embarked 19.7.1941 Suva,Fiji​

radio operator/coastwatcher​

award Mention in Despatches​

POW September 1942 Maiana Island,Gilbert Islands​

executed by Japanese Betio,Tarawa,Gilbert Islands​

rank awarded posthumous​

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