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Cecil Albert Clarence Pierce

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Pte Cecil Albert Clarence (Max) Pierce, aged 19, taken before leaving on active service with the NZ 21st Battalion, 1939.

Pte Cecil Albert Clarence (Max) Pierce, aged 19

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Cecil Albert Clarence AWMM
  • Surname
    Pierce AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 21611 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    04 October 1920 Public - Lee - Child - 8 October 2017 - Family documents and oral history.
  • Place of birth
    Waipu, Northland, New Zealand. Public - Lee - Child - 8 October 2017 - Family documents and oral history.
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 1940 AWMM 5 Lovers Lane, Whangarei AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Carpenter. Public - Lee - Child - 8 October 2017 - Family documents and oral history.
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs. H. Pierce, 5 Lovers Lane, Whangarei (mother) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1940 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

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
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1940 2NZEF Nom. Roll 2, p.149 Tailplaner 2NZEF Nom. Roll 2, p.149
    Whangarei, Northland 2NZEF Nom. Roll 2, p.149
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Farm hand. Public - Lee - Child - 8 October 2017 - Family documents and oral history.
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • WW2
      13 December 1941 AWMM
    • WW2 POW - Stalag VIII-B (later 344), Lamsdorf, Poland 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
      2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
    • WW2 POW - P.G. 148, Verona, Italy Italy Imperial POW Alphabetical List
      Italy, Europe Italy Imperial POW Alphabetical List
    • Believed captured in Libya, on 28 November 1941. Public - Lee - Child - 8 October 2017 - Family papers.
    • Interned in Italy (camps 65, 57 and 148) until mid/late 1943, then in Stalag VIIIB/344, Lamsdorf, Po Public - Lee - Child - 8 October 2017 - Family documents and oral history.
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
    08 April 1945 Public - Lee - Child - 8 October 2017 - Family papers.
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
    Liberated by the Americans, possibly in or near Frankfurt, Germany. Public - Lee - Child - 8 October 2017 - Family papers.
  • 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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  • External links
    • Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. Zenodo Record.
      https://zenodo.org/records/3955186
      Further Reference
    • Great Britain Army. (1945). Italy : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. Zenodo Record.
      https://zenodo.org/records/4560909
      Further Reference
  • References
    • 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.149 AWMM
    • List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8. AWMM
    • Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. 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
    • Great Britain Army. (1945). Italy : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM

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