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Grant Sydney Palmer

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  • Service number
    • WWII 443924 AWMM
    • WW11 443924 Public - Michael Palmer - Direct descendant - 6 September 2018 - Military Personnel File
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Born : Rotorua 1st December 1922 Died : 21st December 1968 aged 46.

Private Grant Sydney Palmer

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    • Grant Sydney AWMM
    • Grant Sydney Public - Michael Palmer - Direct descendant - 6 September 2018 - Family papers
  • Surname
    • Palmer AWMM
    • Palmer Public - Michael Palmer - Direct descendant - 6 September 2018 - Family papers
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII 443924 AWMM
    • WW11 443924 Public - Michael Palmer - Direct descendant - 6 September 2018 - Military Personnel File
  • Gender
    • Male AWMM
    • Male Public - Michael Palmer - Direct descendant - 6 September 2018 - Family papers
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1 December 1922 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    1st December 1922 Public - Michael Palmer - Direct descendant - 7 October 2017 - Birth certificate. Family papers.
  • Place of birth
    Rotorua Public - Michael Palmer - Direct descendant - 7 October 2017 - Birth certificate
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 1944 AWMM 32 Halesowen Ave., Sandringham, Auckland AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs. M.R. Palmer, 32 Halesowen Ave., Sandringham, Auckland (m) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1944 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWII 443924 AWMM
    • WW11 443924 Public - Michael Palmer - Direct descendant - 6 September 2018 - Military Personnel File
  • Military service
    21 (Auckland) Infantry Battalion 21Bn Assoc. Inc. Records. MS-2008-42.
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1944 2NZEF Nom. Roll 13, p.95 Carpenter's apprentice/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 13, p.95
    2NZEF Nom. Roll 13, p.95
  • 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

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  • Death
    12 December 1968 21Bn Assoc. Inc. Records. MS-2008-42.
  • 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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  • I am a nephew.
    Please complete my full name Michael Palmer Tuck.
    Public - Michael Palmer - Direct descendant - 14 April 2021
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  • Severely wounded, Florence, Italy. 3rd August 1944.

    Died 21st December 1968 (aged 46). Rotorua.
    Public - Michael Palmer - Direct descendant - 8 October 2017
    Report 

Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 13 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1944 to 31st March, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.95 AWMM
    • Veterans' club : the comradeship and memories of Auckland's 21st infantry battalion. Auckland War Memorial Museum : Auckland. Accompanies exhibition held in the Pictorial Gallery, second floor, Auckland War Memorial Museum, 24 March-21 May 2006. AWMM
    • 21 New Zealand Infantry Battalion Association Inc. Records, 1955 - 2005. Auckland War Memorial Museum. MS-2008-42. AWMM
    • 21 Battalion (Official history of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45) AWMM

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14 April 2021Michael PalmerOnekawa, NAPIER.Direct descendant
05 December 2019Michaelnapier.Direct descendant

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