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Murray Marks

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Headstone, Murray Marks, Linwood Cemetery, Christchurch (photo provided by Sarndra Lees 2011) - This image may be subject to copyright

Headstone, Murray Marks, Linwood Cemetery, Christchurch (photo provided by Sarndra Lees 2011) - This …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Murray AWMM
  • Surname
    Marks AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • NZ1677 AWMM
    • WWII 1677 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Jewish AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    17 September 1906 RNZAF Biographies (R17845613) Broughton, Huntingdonshire District RNZAF Biographies (R17845613)
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs Eva Mary Marks (wife), 56 Ponsonby Road, Karori, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW2 Widow: Mrs. E. M. Marks of Karori Wellington AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
    • Sergeant/Military RNZAF Biographies (R17845613)
    • Commissioned Officer/Military RNZAF Biographies (R17845613)
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

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
    Died of Sickness, Cause of Death AWMM
    Died of sickness AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Murray Marks was the son of Maurice and Fanny Marks, of Manchester, England

    Husband of Eva Mary Marks, of Karori, Wellington; father of David and Richard

    Attended Christchurch Technical College (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845613)) AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    31 December 1943 AWMM
    Age 37 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Sickness AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Linwood Cemetery, Entrance off Butterfield Avenue, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM 16. 103A. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Roll of Honour, Christchurch, WW2, Jewish Community, New Zealand AWMM

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