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Sefton Trevor Atkins

  • Service number
    WWII 518716 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Tom or Tommy Public - Adelia - Direct descendant - 23 April 2022 - Family knowledge
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Sefton Trevor AWMM
  • Surname
    Atkins AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Tom or Tommy Public - Adelia - Direct descendant - 23 April 2022 - Family knowledge
  • Service number
    WWII 518716 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Methodist Public - Adelia - Direct descendant - 23 April 2022 - Family knowledge

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    26 February 1911 Public - Adelia - Direct descendant - 23 April 2022 - Family knowledge
  • Place of birth
    Manakau, Horowhenua Public - Adelia - Direct descendant - 23 April 2022 - Family knowledge
  • Birth notes
    He was the oldest of the three children of Les and Helen Atkins and grew up in Manakau, Public - Adelia - Direct descendant - 24 April 2022 - Family records
  • Address before enlistment
    • WW2 Pre 1942 AWMM 11 River Rd., Hamilton AWMM
    • He was a commercial traveler for Lever Bros and based in Hamilton at the time, although the family home was in Wellington. Levers sent care packages to him and other staff members in Guadalcanal. Public - Adelia - Direct descendant - 24 April 2022 - Family sources
  • Post war occupation
    Returned to NZ in 1944. In March 1945 Lever Bros asked the district manpower office to release him . Public - Adelia - Direct descendant - 24 April 2022 - Letter in family records
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mrs. G.B.M. Atkins, 114 Main Rd., Wadestown, Wellington (w) AWMM
    • Married Gertrude Beatrice May Plummer in Wellington in 1938. Public - Adelia - Direct descendant - 24 April 2022 - Family records
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1942 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 518716 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1942 2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.15 Traveller/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.15
    Hamilton, Waikato 2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.15
  • 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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Last known rank

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Biographical information

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Death

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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

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Sources

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    Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    p.15 AWMM

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24 April 2022AdeliaWhangarei HeadsDirect descendant
23 April 2022AdeliaWhangarei HeadsDirect descendant

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