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Cenotaph record

Frederick William Chambers

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Frederick William AWMM
  • Surname
    Chambers AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Ned AWMM
    • Kelly AWMM
    • Fred AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWII 6872 AWMM
    • WWII NZ6872 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    11 November 1908 Cenotaph Data Entry Form Christchurch, Canterbury Cenotaph Data Entry Form
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Beachville Road, Redcliffs, Christchurch AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs. Dorothy Aileen Chambers(wife), Beachville road, Redcliffs AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Married/WWII AWMM
    one child AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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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Death

About death

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  • Death
    9 April 1986 Cenotaph Data Entry Form
    Age 78 AWMM
    Christchurch, Canterbury Cenotaph Data Entry Form
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    The Press: 11/12th April 1986 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Personnel - Demobilisation - RNZN [Royal New Zealand Navy], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, N1/427 (R21465798) AWMM
    • Cenotaph data entry form AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • Royal New Zealand Navy List (c.1921-c.1970) - kindly provided by Ralph McNabb. AWMM
    • 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
    • Pay and allowances - Victualling and messing allowances etc. - Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships, Personnel. Archives New Zealand (R21463980) AWMM

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