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Cenotaph record

Basil Clement Tonks

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Basil Clement AWMM
  • Surname
    Tonks AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 44637 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 1941 AWMM 29 Buller Street, Wellington AWMM
    • WW2 Pre 1941 AWMM 29 Buller Street, Wellington AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mr. J. Tonks, 29 Buller St., Wellington (f) AWMM
    • WW2 Mr. J.C. Tonks, 29 Buller St., Wellington (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 44637 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 1941 2NZEF Nom. Roll 4, p.354 Tailor/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 4, p.354
      2NZEF Nom. Roll 4, p.354
    • WW2 1941 2NZEF Nom. Roll 5, p.212 Tailor/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 5, p.212
      2NZEF Nom. Roll 5, p.212
  • 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

Memorial

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Sources

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    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.354 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 5 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1941 to 30 September, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.212 AWMM

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