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Cenotaph record

Frank Maynard Rowsell

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Taken after his medical repatriation from Egypt due to contracting Tuberculosis.

Sapper Frank Rowsell

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Frank Maynard AWMM
  • Surname
    Rowsell AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 11236 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    22 July 1916 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 67 Maunu Road, Whangarei AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs. Flora Margaret Rowsell (mother), 67 Maunu Road, Whangarei AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1940 AWMM Single/WWII 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 11236 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 5 February 1940 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Carpenter/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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  • Medical notes
    • Height, WWII AWMM
      6 feet 4 inches AWMM
    • 1941 AWMMHospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Anxiety Neurosis (effects of explosion) AWMM
    • 1944 AWMMHospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Tuberculosis AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Brothers Donald Rowsell (12119), Frank Rowsell (11236) and Deryck Rowsell (437068) all saw active service in WW2 AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    30 August 1972 AWMM
    Age 56 AWMM
    Maunu, Whangarei AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Maunu Cemetery, Cemetery Road off State Highway 14, Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand AWMM RSA Block 17, Plot 676 AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • Cenotaph data entry form AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.161 AWMM

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20 October 2017SamHamiltonResearcher
09 February 2016StoneyTuakau New ZealandOther relative

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