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Francis Neil Tudor Brewer

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  • Service number
    WWII NX3461 AWMM
  • Also known as
    • Frank AWMM
    • Roy AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Sergeant Francis Neil Tudor Brewer, A.I.F., of Auckland, awarded the M.M. Image kindly provided by Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19420708-20-24.

Sergeant Francis Neil Tudor Brewer, A.I.F., of Auckland, awarded the M.M. Image kindly provided by A …

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Francis Neil Tudor AWMM
  • Surname
    Brewer AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Frank AWMM
    • Roy AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII NX3461 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    19 November 1918 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 31 Kelso Street, Richmond AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Harry Tudor Brewer (father), 20 Amy Street, Ellerslie, Auckland AWMM
  • Relationship status
    1943 AWMM Married/WWII AWMM
    Ethel Annette Mackane 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 NX3461 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Mechanic AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    WW2
    Kalamata, Greece AWMM
    Apr 1941 AWMM
  • 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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • After the war, Frank volunteered with a special forces unit of MI9 returing to occupied Greece to assist the resistance and escaping Allied soldiers. He also served in New Guinea with a Commando unit, and with the British Army during the Malayan Emergency. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    2004 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
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  • Obituary
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Memorials

Memorial

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