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Cenotaph record

Wifred John Yearbury

  • Service number
    WWII 64928 AWMM
  • Also known as
    • Wilfred AWMM
    • Wilf AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Portrait of Wilfred John Yearbury, 64928 (2014). © NZIPP Photograph by Aliah Jan 1122-2909. CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Portrait of Wilfred John Yearbury, 64928 (2014). © NZIPP Photograph by Aliah Jan 1122-2909. CC-BY-NC …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Wifred John AWMM
  • Surname
    Yearbury AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Wilfred AWMM
    • Wilf AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 64928 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Matakana AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs. M. Yearbury(wife), Otara Road, Otahuhu AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1941 AWMM Married/WWII AWMM
    Mrs Myrtle Yearbury 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 64928 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown 2NZEF Nom Roll 5 Drover/Civilian 2NZEF Nom Roll 5
    Morrinsville, Waikato 2NZEF Nom Roll 5
  • 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

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Member of the Pukekohe RSA. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    10 September 2015 NZ Herald Condolence Notice
    Age 98 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Tuakau Cemetery, Alexandra, Redoubt Road, Tuakau, New Zealand AWMM
  • 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
    New Zealand Herald Condolence Notice
    http://notices.nzherald.co.nz/obituaries/nzherald-nz/obituary.aspx?n=wifred-john-yearbury&pid=175802128
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 5 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1941 to 30 September, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    • This record was partially compiled from information provided by the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photographers (NZIPP) Veteran Portrait Project. AWMM

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