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George Symers Duncan Knowles

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    George Symers Duncan AWMM
  • Surname
    Knowles AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 500082 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    27 March 1912 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    27.03.1912 Public - Heather - Researcher - 15 October 2017 - Burness Genealogy and Family History website which cites Birth Registration, GRO, Scotland. http://www.burness.ca/p3288.htm
  • Place of birth
    30 Kelvinhaugh Street, Glasgow, Scotland Public - Heather - Researcher - 15 October 2017 - Burness Genealogy and Family History website which cites Birth Registration, GRO, Scotland. http://www.burness.ca/p3288.htm
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 1943 AWMM 332 Oriental Pde., Wellington AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs. M.E. Knowles, 332 Oriental Pde., Wellington (w) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1943 AWMM Married/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 1943 2NZEF Nom. Roll 11, p.73 Clerk 2NZEF Nom. Roll 11, p.73
    2NZEF Nom. Roll 11, p.73
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • WW2
      25 October 1943 AWMM
    • WW2 POW - Stalag 357 (No 2), Thorn, modern day Toruń, Poland 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 35899 AWMM

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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  • 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.73 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
    • L.R.D.G. Membership Roll February 1970. Long Range Desert Group (N.Z. Association). Auckland Museum EPH-W2-11-27. AWMM
    • O'Carroll, B. (2000). The Kiwi scorpions : the story of the New Zealanders in the Long Range Desert Group. Devon, England: Token Publishing. AWMM

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15 October 2017HeatherNapierResearcher

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