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Cenotaph record

Seaton George Sharp

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Seaton George AWMM
  • Surname
    Sharp AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Sam AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ421106 AWMM
    • WWII 421106 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    15 April 1915 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
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  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 1 Renall Street AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

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
    Pilot/Military AWMM
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Grocer/Civilian AWMM
  • 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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Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • In July 1943, Sergeant Sharp was shot down from 19,000 feet by a Japanese Zero, forcing him to bail out, Sergeant Sharp spent 45 minutes in the ocean before being picked up by American Higgins Boat and taken back to US Army Rendova (Goldfish Club). AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    27 March 1999 AWMM
    Age 83 AWMM
  • Date of death
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • Goldfish Club, New Zealand Branch. The Goldfish Club: Roll of Honour 1954 - 2003. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2004/32. AWMM
      MS-2004-32 AWMM
    • New Zealand, World War II Ballot Lists, 1940–1945. [Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette.] CD-ROM. Ravensbourne, Dunedin, New Zealand: Colonial CD Books, n.d. AWMM
    • New Zealand, World War II Appointments, Promotions, Transfers and Resignations, 1939–1945. [Extracted from the New Zealand Gazette.] CD-ROM. Ravensbourne, Dunedin, New Zealand: Colonial CD Books, n.d. AWMM

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