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Cenotaph record

Gordon Martin Simes

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Gordon Martin AWMM
  • Surname
    Simes AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 30641 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 AWMM Progress Bldgs., Broadway, Palmerston North AWMM
    • WW2 Pre 1944 AWMM Broadway, Palmerston N. AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mr. Thomas Christopher Simes, Matamau St., Palmerston North (father) AWMM
    • WW2 Mr. T.C. Simes, Matamau St., Palmerston N. (f) AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 30641 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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

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  • Death
    19 August 1987 AWMM
    Age 78 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Plot 79, Block 7, DA Area, Kelvin Grove Cemetery, Palmerston North AWMM
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  • 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. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.169 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 14 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1944 to 31st December, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.89 AWMM

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