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Sydney Jack Abell

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Sydney Jack AWMM
  • Surname
    Abell AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    278772 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    21 May 1920 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    21/5/1920 Public - Susan Joy - Child - 7 November 2018 - Family papers
  • Place of birth
    Auckland Public - Susan Joy - Child - 7 November 2018 - Family knowledge
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM Winters Road, Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM Winters Road, Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
    • Ashburton Public - Susan Joy - Child - 7 November 2018 - Family knowledge
  • Post war occupation
    Butcher Public - Susan Joy - Child - 7 November 2018 - Family knowledge
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mr S.H. Abell (father), 289 Tuam Street, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mr S.H. Abell (father), 289 Tuam Street, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
    • Sydney Horace Abell Public - Susan Joy - Child - 7 November 2018 - Family knowledge
  • Relationship status
    • Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
    • Single Public - Susan Joy - Child - 7 November 2018 - Family knowledge

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
    1946-1948 British Commonwealth Occupational Force, Japan AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    278772 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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

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  • Death
  • 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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    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 9: WW2 3 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 11 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1943 to 30th June, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 15: WW2 3 AWMM

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07 November 2018Susan JoyChristchurchChild

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