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Charles Claud Millis Tuxford

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Photograph of Sapper Claud Mills Tuxford 32728. Image kindly provided by Bronwyn Forsyth (April 2018). Image may be subject to copyright restrictions.

Photograph of Sapper Claud Mills Tuxford 32728. Image kindly provided by Bronwyn Forsyth (April 2018 …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles Claud Millis AWMM
  • Surname
    Tuxford AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII 32728 AWMM
    • WWII 23005 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    18 February 1890 Public - Bronwyn Marie - Other relative - 6 April 2018 - Birth Certificate
  • Place of birth
    49 Canning Street, Brighton United Kingdom.
    Sub district St Peter. Public - Bronwyn Marie - Other relative - 6 April 2018 - Birth Certificate
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • Royal Engineers Public - Bronwyn Marie - Other relative - 6 April 2018 - Copy of original Army Form 2079
  • Service number
    • WWII 32728 AWMM
    • WWII 23005 AWMM
  • Military service
    After serving 12 years in the British Army, Charles was discharged 15 January 1925. Public - Bronwyn Marie - Other relative - 6 April 2018 - Copy of original Army Form 2079
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
    Charles later joined the NZ Army and was discharged after completion of engagement on 1 April 1948 Public - Bronwyn Marie - Other relative - 6 April 2018 - Transfer to Reserve and discharge.

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • 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
    WW2 1 April 1948 AWMM Private AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Married in New Zealand in 1944. AWMM
    • Charles Tuxford married Mary Brock McFarlane in Auckland on the 23rd May 1944. Mary was from Helensburgh, Scotland Public - Bronwyn Marie - Other relative - 6 April 2018 - Family papers of Original Marriage Certificate.

Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
    18 February 1976 Public - Bronwyn Marie - Other relative - 24 April 2018 - Aust and NZ Findagrave and NZ Cemetery Records 1800-2007
  • Age at death
    86 years old Public - Bronwyn Marie - Other relative - 24 April 2018 - Headstone
  • Place of death
    Papatoetoe, Auckland, New Zealand Public - Bronwyn Marie - Other relative - 24 April 2018 - Aust/NZ Findagrave
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Plwn-Q-018, Papakura Cemetery, Great South Road, Papakura AWMM
  • Cemetery name
    Papakura Cemetery
    298 Great South Road, Papakura, Auckland, NZ Public - Bronwyn Marie - Other relative - 24 April 2018 - Aust/NZ Findagrave
  • Grave reference
    Plot PLWN-Q018 Memorial I.D. 124679582 Public - Bronwyn Marie - Other relative - 24 April 2018 - Aust/NZ findagrave
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • We will remember you.
    LEST WE FORGET
    Public - Bronwyn Marie - Other relative - 24 April 2018
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  • My Great Uncle Charlie said before he died "Don't let me be forgotten". By contributing to this record and those in the UK. Uncle Charlie will not be forgotten.
    Public - Bronwyn Marie - Other relative - 6 April 2018
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01 July 2019BronSelwyn DistrictOther relative
24 April 2018Bronwyn MarieSelwyn DistrictOther relative

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