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Albert Edward Hurcomb

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Albert Edward AWMM
  • Surname
    Hurcomb AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 28502 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 1940-1941 AWMM 63 Coromandel St., Wellington AWMM
    • WW2 Pre 1942 AWMM 63 Coromandel St., Wellington AWMM
    • WW2 Pre 1942 AWMM 63 Coromandel St., Wellington AWMM
    • WW2 Pre 1945 AWMM 63 Coromandel St., Wellington AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mrs. F. Hurcomb, 63 Coromandel St., Wellington (mother) AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs. F. Hurcomb, 63 Coromandel St., Wellington (m) AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs. F. Hurcomb, 63 Coromandel St., Wellington (m) AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs. F. Hurcomb, 63 Coromandel St., Wellington (m) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1940-1945 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW2 1940-1941 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.230 Butcher/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.230
      2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.230
    • WW2 1942 2NZEF Nom. Roll 7, p.71 Butcher/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 7, p.71
      2NZEF Nom. Roll 7, p.71
    • WW2 1942 2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.197 Butcher/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.197
      2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.197
    • WW2 1945 2NZEF Nom. Roll 15, p.70 Butcher/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 15, p.70
      2NZEF Nom. Roll 15, p.70
  • 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

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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

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Sources

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    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.230 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 7 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1942 to 31st March, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.71 AWMM
    • 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.197 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 15 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1945 to 31st December, 1945). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.70 AWMM
    • Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls B-force 8th infantry brigade group [New Zealand Military Forces - "B" Force - Embarkation Roll]. Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1421 (R22440171) AWMM
    • Gillespie, O. (1952). The Pacific. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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