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Francis Clive Lowe

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Sapper # 33969 Francis Clive LOWE of Gisborne Prisoner of War in Germany

Francis Clive LOWE

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Francis Clive AWMM
  • Surname
    Lowe AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 33969 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    21 April 1914 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 October 2023 - NZ BMD Birth Records & News Report
  • Place of birth
    NZ Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 October 2023 - NZ BMD Birth Records & News Report
  • Birth notes
    Son of Bert & Annie LOWE of Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 October 2023 - NZ BMD Birth Records & News Report
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 1940-1941 AWMM 782 Childers Rd., Gisborne AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs. P.F. Lowe, 782 Childers Rd., Gisborne (wife) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 1940-1941 AWMM Married/WWII AWMM
    • 1937 Francis Clive LOWE married Pheobe Frances PEARSON Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 October 2023 - NZ BMD Marriage Records

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 33969 AWMM
  • Military service
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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.278 Labourer/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.278
    Gisborne, Gisborne 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.278
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • WW2 POW - Crete List of 2NZEF POW (MS 2009/8)
      Crete, Greece List of 2NZEF POW (MS 2009/8)
    • WW2 POW - Salonike, Greece - VIII-B Lamsdorf, Germany 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
      Germany, Europe 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number
    WWII 5304 AWMM

Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

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Death

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  • Date of death
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  • Dedicated to the New Zealand soldier Francis Clive Lowe and his Odyssey in Greece and Crete where he fought the Nazis. He published his memoirs entitled "Days of Khaki" - "Days of Khaki"
    REF:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-Op4ksl-yM
    Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 10 October 2023
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  • Now reported a prisoner of war. The soldier is Sapper Francis Lowe, and his next-of-kin is his wife, Mrs. P. F. Lowe, 782 Childers Rd., Gisborne. Sapper Lowe is the second son of Mr. Bert Lowe and the late Mrs. Lowe, Gisborne and was reported missing in May last, after serving through the Greek and Cretan campaigns.
    REF: GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXVIII, ISSUE 20635, 10 DECEMBER 1941, PAGE 4
    Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 October 2023
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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.278 AWMM
    • List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8. AWMM
    • Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM

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10 October 2023Lorraine MonaGisborne Researcher

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