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Robert Thirlwan Arkley

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  • Service number
    • WWII O/784 AWMM
    • WWII C/JX228599 AWMM
  • Also known as
    • Bob AWMM
    • Robert Thirlway AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Navy AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War

Identity

  • Title
  • Forenames
    Robert Thirlwan AWMM
  • Surname
    Arkley AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Bob AWMM
    • Robert Thirlway AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWII O/784 AWMM
    • WWII C/JX228599 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    24 August 1916 POW Card Newcastle-upon-TyneEngland POW Card
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mother: Mrs. D. Arkley, 9 Marine Parade, Seatoun, Wellington AWMM
  • 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
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • WW2
      15 February 1942 AWMM
    • WW2 POW - Palembang Camp, Sumatra National Library of New Zealand catalogue
    • WW2 POW - Japan RNZN POW (R21346643)
      16 April 1942 AWMM
      Now Prisoner of War, Japan. Previously reported "Missing" AWMM
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
    WW2 2 September 1945 WO 392 POW Lists 1943-1945, National Archives UK
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number
    WWII 1087 AWMM

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
    1990 National Library of New Zealand catalogue
  • 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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  • Memorial name

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Personnel - Demobilisation - RNZN [Royal New Zealand Navy], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, N1/427 (R21465798) AWMM
    • Harton, N. W. (2014). Temporary acting gentleman-seaman. N.W. Harton. AWMM
    • Record Book of Naval Personnel - c.1920-1945 - Lists Navy number, alphabetical list of names of ratings trained in England, numerical lists of officers. Archives New Zealand, R21346617, AAYT 8495 N12 AWMM
    • List of Royal New Zealand Navy personnel reported prisoner of war in Japanese hands to 21 August 1945 - Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYT Box 11 (R21346643) AWMM
    • Information on Japanese-run internment (prisoner of war) camps was kindly provided by Chris Brooks. More than 350 Japanese-run military prisoner-of-war and civilian internment and concentration camps were run throughout the "Far East" during World War II. AWMM

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