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Francis Meadows

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Happy Reunions for Returned Soldiers from the Middle East. Gunner F. Meadows of Palmerston North was met by Miss A. Short who is serving in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. New Zealand Free Lance, August 12, 1942. p. 18. Image kindly provided by Lewis Solomon (January 2021).

Happy Reunions for Returned Soldiers from the Middle East. Gunner F. Meadows of Palmerston North was …

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Francis AWMM
  • Surname
    Meadows AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 22822 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

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  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 1940 AWMM 133 Vincent St., Auckland C. 1 AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs. V. Yemm, 163 Rangitikei St., Palmerston North (mother) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1940 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
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    Army AWMM
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    WWII 22822 AWMM
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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    WW2 1940 2NZEF Nom. Roll 2, p.128 Bushman/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 2, p.128
    2NZEF Nom. Roll 2, p.128
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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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Medical history

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Death

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Memorials

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Sources

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    Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    p.128 AWMM

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