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George William Perks

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    George William AWMM
  • Surname
    Perks AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII NZ01815 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    17 March 1899 AWMM MS Collection Documents Liverpool (England), England AWMM MS Collection Documents
  • 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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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 1917 AWMM MS Collection Documents
    Age 15 AWMM AWMM MS Collection Documents
  • 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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  • Auckland War Memorial Museum,Tāmaki Paenga Hira, holds personal documents of George Perks and Ross St. Clair Sutherland, relating to war service in the Manuscript Collection: MS-2007-16

    George's daughter Ada married New Zealander Ross St Clair Sutherland who served with the 2NZEF during WW2( s/n 259556) AWMM

Death

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  • Death
  • 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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Sources

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    Atkinson, N. (2005). Hell or high water : New Zealand merchant seafarers remember the war. HarperCollins in association with the Ministry for Culture and Heritage. AWMM

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