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Aubrey Dalton Bates

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Photo from his funeral service, 24th April 2010.

Aubrey Dalton Bates and Norah

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Aubrey Dalton AWMM
  • Surname
    Bates AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 42133 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    12/02/1912 Public - Andrew - Other relative - 26 November 2022 - Funeral service sheet
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 1941 AWMM 48 Chester St., Christchurch AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Grocer Public - Andrew - Other relative - 26 November 2022 - Family knowledge
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs. N.A. Bates, 48 Chester St., Christchurch (w) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1941 AWMM Married/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 42133 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1941 2NZEF Nom. Roll 4, p.24 Grocer's manager 2NZEF Nom. Roll 4, p.24
    Christchurch, Canterbury 2NZEF Nom. Roll 4, p.24
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    WW2
    Tobruk, Libya AWMM
  • 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

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Aubrey once told me that he and a few fellows slipped away from a POW compound near Tobruk, taking a truck and along with Howard Kippenberger, escaped over a ridge and into the open desert. A bullet hitting the gear-stick beside him as they raced away.
    Public - Andrew - Other relative - 26 November 2022
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Sources

Sources

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  • References
    Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    p.24 AWMM

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26 November 2022AndrewChristchurchOther relative

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