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Cenotaph record

English Māori

Joshua Charles Turchi

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Joshua Charles AWMM
  • Surname
    Turchi AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 40237 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    27 July 1908 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 1941 AWMM Auroa Road, Auroa AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mr. H. Turchi, Lemon St., New New Plymouth (f) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1941 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 40237 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.357 Farmhand/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 4, p.357
    Hawera, Taranaki 2NZEF Nom. Roll 4, p.357
  • 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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  • Father: Enrico Henry Turchi (born 2 January 1866, Livorno, Toscana, Italy; died: 6 June 1949, New Plymouth, NZ) and mother, Catherine Kate Buckley (bprn 3 May 1873, London, England; death: 16 June 1947, New Plymouth, NZ). AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    24 July 1990 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Photograph (ref: SW1923-1965.01044 ) held by Puke Ariki Museum, New Plymouth, New Zealand : pukeariki.com - Please do not reproduce without permission from Puke Ariki. Contact images@pukeariki.com for more information.
    https://collection.pukeariki.com/objects/92611
    Further Reference
  • Documents
    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.357 AWMM
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