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Cenotaph record

Edward Bryden Oakes

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Edward Bryden AWMM
  • Surname
    Oakes AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Beau AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 60167 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    20 August 1918 Cenotaph Data Entry Form
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 187 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mr. Horace Norman Oakes,(Father),187 Ponsonby Road, Auckland AWMM
  • Relationship status
    1941 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 60167 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 27 January 1941 Cenotaph Data Entry Form
    Age 22 AWMM
    Labourer/Civilian Cenotaph Data Entry Form
  • 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
    • Hair colour, WWII AWMM
      Fair AWMM
    • Eye colour, WWII AWMM
      Blue AWMM
    • Height, WWII AWMM
      5 feet 7 inches AWMM
    • 24 March 1945 AWMMHospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Admitted to Ships Hospital H.M.T 14 (at sea) AWMM
    • 16 August 1945 AWMMHospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Admitted to Auckland Public Hospital AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    7 December 1958 Cenotaph Data Entry Form
    Age 40 AWMM
    Cenotaph Data Entry Form
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Soldiers Burial L.Row12, Plot 114, text reads: 60167 L/BDR E.B.Oakes N.Z. Field Artillery Died 7.12.1958 Aged 40 YRS AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

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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. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.266 AWMM

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15 May 2019Michael South Australia Sibling

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