N.Z. OFFICER KILLED
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, - . ( AUGK'LANI),. Jan. ?,( Adyiee .th^Tfc-yjsoi^ j^Lieii^enaintGolonel 'Alan'^rediinck'McObbk, iif.feiE., N.Z.A.S.C., was kille^l in an .aeeidekt xii flapan oi Dky/;^d§§be^ai re.eeived ky Miv and Mrs. J. UV MeOook, of Green Lane. No, details of the acoi(lent hav e Ue.en.. receiv.edv ( 'olcJiie'l 'JNtcGb'ok.' &-7v;y cgilis /dj aud was .ediiekted, ! .aij. i! tjlie fe&^dkltkiuj|. Grammar Sellobl whete. . ne wa's 'bdaii profeef. Re: jbinedl tlie- Dephrlimeh^ .of Agriculture in Wellington ,ahd. enliaLed. in tlie army at the , outbreak of wai., sailiiig with the lirst. eehelon in • t'he-. Army So-rvieo Gorps: -Golonel MhCook sorvod in all the eampaigns in whicli Ihe New Zealand Division was engaged. tio relirmed to the Bommion on leave as a Major in February 1945 and at Ihe expiralion of his two uionLhs' furlougli lie was seut to Japan and was attached as staif oilieer to Jieadquarters nl B.C.O.F. in Tokyo. He was awarded the M.B.E. and promoted to Lieut.Golonel in January 194(3. A youuger brother, Flight Sergeant Neil James MeGook, was missiug on air opera tions in Europe in Mareh 1944 and was later presuined dead, aiid a aeeond brollier served as piiot with the K.N. Z.A.F. in the Paeifio.
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Chronicle (Levin), 8 January 1947, Page 3
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195N.Z. OFFICER KILLED Chronicle (Levin), 8 January 1947, Page 3
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