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Helen Myra Bassett

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  • Service number
    45495 AWMM
  • Also known as
    • Overton AWMM
    • Helen Myra Overton AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Wedding in Cairo Egypt, Married April 4th 1942

Mr & Mrs H.G Overton

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Helen Myra AWMM
  • Surname
    Bassett AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Overton AWMM
    • Helen Myra Overton AWMM
  • Service number
    45495 AWMM
  • Gender
    Female AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    16 March 1916 WWII NZANS Roll
  • Date of birth
    16 March 1916 Public - Greg William - Direct descendant - 29 March 2017 - Family Records
  • Place of birth
    Christchurch, New Zealand Public - Greg William - Direct descendant - 29 March 2017 - Family Records
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
    Nurse at Whangarei Hospital Public - Greg William - Direct descendant - 29 March 2017 - Family information
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr S.K. Bassett (father), Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    45495 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    1939 WWII NZANS Roll
    Place of Nursing training and date of qualification / registration AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Nurse AWMM
    Waiouru, Central Plateau AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    8 February 2003 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • McNabb, S. (2015). 100 years New Zealand military nursing : New Zealand Army nursing service : Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps, 1915-2015. Hawke's Bay, N.Z.: Sherayl McNabb. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.24 AWMM

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29 March 2017Greg WilliamNew ZealandDirect descendant

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