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Ernest Charles Gartrell

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ernest Charles AWMM
  • Surname
    Gartrell AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII NZ404863 AWMM
    • X70056 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    9 November 1918 Hanson Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui Hanson
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Service

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    WW2 POW - Djawa Camp, Japanese occupied central Java Hanson
    8 May 1944 AWMM
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
    WW2 1945 Hanson
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number
    • 211 AWMM
    • 9736 AWMM
    • POW 211 Public - John - Researcher - 22 September 2022 - List of POWs

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Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
    6 January 1986 Hanson
    Blenheim, Marlborough Hanson
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  • Ernest was shot down and captured, he spent time in Japanese war camp but luckily escaped with his life.
    After the war he had a successful life in the NZ air force and became Air Commodore.
    Public - flynn - Direct descendant - 19 July 2018
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    • This record is a work in progress and was partially compiled from the “Database of New Zealand Airmen who took part in Advanced Air Training in Canada during WW2”. Researched by Ivan and Lorna Lindsey of Tauranga. N.Z. 2003 – 2012. Reproduced with permission. AWMM
    • Information on Japanese-run internment (prisoner of war) camps was kindly provided by Chris Brooks. More than 350 Japanese-run military prisoner-of-war and civilian internment and concentration camps were run throughout the "Far East" during World War II. AWMM

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22 September 2022JohnMotuekaResearcher
19 July 2018flynnwellington new zealandDirect descendant

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