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Marvin Gensik

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Headstone of Gnr Marvin GENSIK 65947. Greenpark RSA Cemetery, Dunedin City Council, Block 2A28. Image kindly provided by Allan Steel CC-BY 4.0.

Headstone of Gnr Marvin GENSIK 65947. Greenpark RSA Cemetery, Dunedin City Council, Block 2A28. Imag …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Marvin AWMM
  • Surname
    Gensik AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 65947 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    6 November 1911 Public - Noel - Other relative - 9 November 2018 - Family papers
  • Place of birth
    Dunedin Public - Noel - Other relative - 9 November 2018 - Family papers
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 1941 AWMM 824 Cumberland St., Dunedin AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Guillotine Operator/Bookbinder Public - Noel - Other relative - 9 November 2018 - Family papers
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs. P. Gensik, 824 Cumberland St., Dunedin (m) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 1941 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM
    • 1950 Married Noela Jean Sheddan Public - Noel - Other relative - 9 November 2018 - Family papers

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 65947 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1941 2NZEF Nom. Roll 5, p.77 Shoe laster 2NZEF Nom. Roll 5, p.77
    Dunedin, Otago 2NZEF Nom. Roll 5, p.77
  • 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

About death

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  • Death
    28 June 1997 Allan Steel Cemetery Project
    Age 85 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Greenpark RSA Cemetery, Dunedin City Council AWMM Block 2A, Plot 28 AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 5 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1941 to 30 September, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.77 AWMM
    • This record was partially compiled from data kindly provided by Allan Steel Cemetery Project (2020) AWMM

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26 April 2022NoelCromwell, New ZealandOther relative

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