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Cenotaph record

Topsy Karepa

  • Service number
    WWII W5268 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Tapuhere KAREPA Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 7 November 2022 - https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/muriwai-marae-memorials
  • Armed force / branch
    Air Force AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Topsy AWMM
  • Surname
    Karepa AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Tapuhere KAREPA Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 7 November 2022 - https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/muriwai-marae-memorials
  • Service number
    WWII W5268 AWMM
  • Gender
    Female AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1920 WAAF Strengths (R21072930)
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
    Aircraft hand/Military Errol Martyn WAAF Research
  • Enlistment
    WW2 31 May 1943 Errol Martyn WAAF Research Gisborne, New Zealand Errol Martyn WAAF Research
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details

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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  • External links
  • References
    • This record was partially compiled from data kindly provided by Errol Martyn (2020) AWMM
    • Strengths, WAAF [Women's Auxiliary Air Force], Returns - December 1942 - February 1950. Archives New Zealand (R21072930) AWMM

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07 November 2022Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher

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