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Colin Arthur Cook

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Colin Arthur AWMM
  • Surname
    Cook AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 44503 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1910 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    1910 Public - Trevor Wemyss - Child - 10 May 2016 - Personal File
  • Place of birth
    Waipukurua New Zealand Public - Trevor Wemyss - Child - 10 May 2016 - Personal File
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Farm Road, Waipukurau AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Sheep Farmer Public - Trevor Wemyss - Child - 10 May 2016 - Personal File
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs. C.Cook (mother), Farm Road, Waipukurau 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 44503 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 5 Dairy farmer/Civilian 2NZEF Nom Roll 5
    Waipukurau, Hawkes Bay 2NZEF Nom Roll 5
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Sheep Farmer Public - Trevor Wemyss - Child - 10 May 2016 - Personal File
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details
    • WW2 Private 2NZEF Nom Roll 5 Infantry Brigade 2NZEF Nom Roll 5
    • Fought in North Africa with the 19th Battalion. Was shot in the ankle and captured by the Germans and sent to Stalag XVLLL A in Austria. Public - Trevor Wemyss - Child - 10 June 2016 - As told to me by my father and from a paper label I have written in German from Stalag XVLLL A.

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • WW2
      15 July 1942 AWMM
    • WW2 POW - Stalag XVIII-A, Wolfsberg, Austria 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
      Germany, Europe 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
    • WW2 POW - Military Hospital 203, Bologna, Italy Italy Imperial POW Alphabetical List
      Bologna, Italy Italy Imperial POW Alphabetical List
    • WW2 POW - P.G. 73, Carpi, Italy WW2 POW Medically Unfit (R25405151)
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number
    WWII 7877 AWMM

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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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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  • External links
    Prisoners of War 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force - Repatriated Medically Unfit Protected Personnel. Archives NZ R25405151.
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R25405151
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 5 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1941 to 30 September, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.47 AWMM
    • List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8. AWMM
    • Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM
    • Great Britain Army. (1945). Italy : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM
    • Prisoners of War 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force - Repatriated Medically Unfit Protected Personnel [WW2 POW Medically Unfit], 1943 [1946], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393/1/v (R25405151) AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
10 June 2016Trevor WemyssNapier New ZealandChild

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