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Cenotaph record

Charles Norman Machell Watson-Munro

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  • Service number
    WWII 089044 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Charles Norman Machell Watson Munro AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles Norman Machell AWMM
  • Surname
    Watson-Munro AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Charles Norman Machell Watson Munro AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 089044 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1 August 1915 AWMM Dunedin, Otago AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 1943 AWMM 9 Montague St., Lower Hutt AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Physicist/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mr. M. Watson-Munro, Devonport Rd., Tauranga (f) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 089044 AWMM
  • Military service
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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1943 2NZEF Nom. Roll 12, p.140 Physicist/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 12, p.140
    2NZEF Nom. Roll 12, p.140
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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Liberation date
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Medical history

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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Attended Hutt Valley High School and Victoria University College. Part of the British contribution to the Manhattan Project. Later deputy head of DSIR in New Zealand, Professor of Physics at Vitcoria Univeristy College and chief scientist at the Australian Atomic Energy Commission. Lastly held a chair in plasma physics at the University of Sydney. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    10 August 1991 AWMM
    Heidelberg, Victoria AWMM
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