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Cenotaph record

Vera Ellen

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Vera AWMM
  • Surname
    Ellen AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    215424 AWMM
  • Gender
    Female AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    5 July 1926 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    Regular Military Service AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    215424 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    Post WW2 10 December 1965 McNabb
  • 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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Served with Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps 1965-1975

    She was with the Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps (Territorial) from 1965 to 1975, retiring as Lieutenant Colonel (Principal Matron), 2nd Field (General) Hospital. 20 years as the matron and principal nurse at Hutt Hospital. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    12 April 2021 AWMM
  • 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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