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Medal, campaign   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Medal, campaign
Object type Prisoner of war/wars
Classification: 278
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English: France and Germany Star, 1939-45; awarded to 3529549 Private William Henry Deakin, Durham Light Infantry, WW2
Date Post 1945; 08 Apr 2004; 1939-1945; World War 2-Wars; 22 Nov 1996
Medium Minted
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width: 43mm

width: 32mm
institution QS:P195,Q758657
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1996.185.7
Place of creation Europe; Germany
Exhibition history Display: 9A
Credit line Collection of Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1996.185.7
Notes Corporal William Henry Deakin MM, born in Leigh, UK, served with the Durham Light Infantry (service no 3529549) during WW2, taking part in Dunkirk, the Liberation of Geel (Belgium), and was a POW on crematorium duties at Auschwitz and Helle. After the war he settled in New Zealand and volunteered for service in Korea with K-Force. He died in 1999.
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