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Cenotaph record

Eric Geoffrey Bickerton

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Eric Geoffrey AWMM
  • Surname
    Bickerton AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 813241 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    10 May 1917 BDM 2003/25896
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 1942 AWMM 2 Kingsway Ave, Mt Albert, Auckland AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs M. Bickerton (wife), 2 Kingsway Ave, Mt Albert, Auckland AWMM
  • 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 813241 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 1942 2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.33 Soldier/Military 2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.33
    2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.33
  • 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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    16 November 2003 BDM 2003/25896
    Age 86 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Papakura South Cemetery, Papakura, Auckland AWMM RSA Lawn, Row B, Plot 015 AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Cemetery record
    https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/cemeteries/Pages/RecordDetails.aspx?recordId=58BB37F3848D0CB5DCBB83B185E148D6
    Further Reference
  • References
    • 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.33. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 10 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1943 to 31st March, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.45. AWMM

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