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Alexander Vincent Matthews

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Identity

About

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  • Title
    Rev Public - Stephen - Child - 19 May 2022 - Family history
  • Forenames
    Alexander Vincent AWMM
  • Surname
    Matthews AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 23286 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Baptist Public - Stephen - Child - 19 May 2022 - Was a missionary in the Belgian Congo with the Baptist Missionary Society. Trained at Spurgeons College, London. Was minister at Baptist churches in Hertford, Herts; Shirley, Southampton; Sherborne, Dorset; and Ducklington, Oxfordshire.

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 15 Stanmore Rd., Grey Lynn AWMM
    • WW2 Pre 1944 AWMM 15 Stanmore Rd., Grey Lynn, Auckland AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mrs. E. Matthews, 15 Stanmore Rd., Auckland (mother) AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs. E. Matthews, 15 Stanmore Rd., Grey Lynn Auckland (m) 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 23286 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 1940-1941 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.323 Grocer/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.323
      2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.323
    • WW2 1944 2NZEF Nom. Roll 13, p.83 Grocer/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 13, p.83
      2NZEF Nom. Roll 13, p.83
  • 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

About 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. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.323 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 13 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1944 to 31st March, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.83 AWMM

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19 May 2022StephenWellington NZChild

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