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Robert William Childs

Identity

  • Title
  • Forenames
    Robert William AWMM
  • Surname
    Childs AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 461609 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • WW2 Pre 1943 AWMM 38 Tennyson St., Petone, Wellington AWMM
    • WW2 Pre 1944 AWMM 38 Tennyson St., Petone AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mrs. V. Childs, 38 Tennyson St., Petone, Wellington (w) AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs. V. Childs, 38 Tennyson St., Petone (w) AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 461609 AWMM
  • Military service
    N Force N-Force R22440250
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW2 1943 2NZEF Nom. Roll 11, p.25 Factory foreman/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 11, p.25
      2NZEF Nom. Roll 11, p.25
    • WW2 1944 2NZEF Nom. Roll 13, p.24 Foreman/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 13, p.24
      2NZEF Nom. Roll 13, p.24
  • 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
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 11 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1943 to 30th June, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.25 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 13 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1944 to 31st March, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.24 AWMM
    • Nominal Rolls - Embarkation N-Force [Norfolk Force Embarkation Rolls], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1428 (R22440218) AWMM
    • Gillespie, O. (1952). The Pacific. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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