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William Edward Chapman

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Edward AWMM
  • Surname
    Chapman AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 66065 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 4 Alfred St., Auckland AWMM
    • WW2 Pre 1942 AWMM 4 Alfred St., Auckland AWMM
    • WW2 Pre 1943 AWMM 4 Alfred St., Auckland AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mrs. F. Chapman, 16 Westminster Rd., Mt. Eden, Auckland (w) AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs. F. Chapman, 1 Mt. Pleasant Rd., Mt. Eden, Auckland (w) AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs. F. Chapman, 16 Westminster Rd., Mt. Eden, Auckland (w) 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 66065 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    • War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
    • New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM
    • Retired with the Rank of Captain. Was in Rarotonga, for some years after the War in 1960s as chief Metrological Officer .member of RSA, Public - John William - Other relative - 8 August 2024 - Shown proof from wife Deceased Francis, and have visited Cook Islands have Proof. and went on Moana Roa when he saIled from Marsden Wharf to Rarotonga, been into his office at Raro with his photo on wall., a well known character there.

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW2 1941 2NZEF Nom. Roll 5, p.41 Soldier/Military 2NZEF Nom. Roll 5, p.41
      2NZEF Nom. Roll 5, p.41
    • WW2 1942 2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.71 Soldier/Military 2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.71
      2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.71
    • WW2 1943 2NZEF Nom. Roll 12, p.35 Soldier/Military 2NZEF Nom. Roll 12, p.35
      2NZEF Nom. Roll 12, p.35
  • 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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  • I would like to Thank Ted for the many memories he has left, an amazing character with a great sprit , your old friend who is still alive sings for arriving passengers at Rarotonga Airport has many memories of Edward, Ted, still in his memory. Your wife Francis had strong memories of you not long before she died at Papakura Rest Home when I visited her, you were on the table in your Captains uniform in photo. I wished now I had stayed longer to look at photo albums she offered to show me I should have looked at them. Your loving nephew, John William Gunter.
    Public - John William - Other relative - 8 August 2024
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Sources

Sources

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    • 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.41 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.71 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.35 AWMM

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08 August 2024John WilliamBrisbane, QLD.Other relative

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