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Cenotaph record

Eric Clarence Nelson

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Eric Clarence AWMM
  • Surname
    Nelson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 25738 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    10 December 1917 Public source Dunedin, Otago Public source
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Clydesdale Farm, Roxburgh AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs. Mary, Nelson, 20 Arden Street, Opoho, Dunedin AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 24 March 1940 2NZEF Nom Roll 4 Farm labourer/Civilian 2NZEF Nom Roll 4
  • 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
    • Eye colour, WWII AWMM
      Blue AWMM
    • Hair colour, WWII AWMM
      Black AWMM
    • Complexion, WWII AWMM
      Dark AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
    28 November 1990 Public source
    Age 72 AWMM
    Rotorua, Bay of Plenty Public source
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  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Rotorua Cemetery and Crematorium 160 Sala Street Rotorua New Zealand AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • 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
    • Cenotaph data entry form AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls B-force 8th infantry brigade group [New Zealand Military Forces - "B" Force - Embarkation Roll]. Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1421 (R22440171) AWMM
    • Gillespie, O. (1952). The Pacific. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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