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Cenotaph record

Percival Sealey Marks

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Mangere District War Memorial, 23 Domain Rd, Mangere Bridge, Auckland 2022. Image provided by John Halpin 2012, CC BY John Halpin 2012

Mangere District War Memorial, 23 Domain Rd, Mangere Bridge, Auckland 2022. Image provided by John H …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Percival Sealey AWMM
  • Surname
    Marks AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 480610 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Anglican, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    9 March 1917 Mangere Historical Society
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Paewhenua Road, R.D. Otorohanga AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs. O.M. Marks(wife), 36 Grand Drive, Mt. Albert AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1943 AWMM Married/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 480610 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 12 Farm hand/Civilian 2NZEF Nom Roll 12
    Te Kuiti, Waikato 2NZEF Nom Roll 12
  • 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 AWMM
    • Hair colour, WWII AWMM
      Dark AWMM
    • Eye colour, WWII AWMM
      Grey AWMM
    • Complexion, WWII AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Geneva and Sealey Marks (Source:MHS)

    Husband of Olive May (nee Peacock) (Source:MHS)

    Attended Mangere School and Otahuhu College (Source:MHS)

    Father to Gavin, Molly and the late Graham. (Source:MHS) AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    3 November 2003 Mangere Historical Society
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Plaque AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.129 AWMM
    • Mangere Historical Society: This record was kindly researched by the Mangere Historical Society. AWMM

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