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Georgina Elizabeth Broad

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Georgina Elizabeth AWMM
  • Surname
    Broad AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Castelli AWMM
    • Georgie AWMM
    • Georgina Elizabeth Castelli AWMM
  • Service number
    72130 AWMM
  • Gender
    Female AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Catholic, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    7 July 1916 AWMM Hawera, Taranaki AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Pre 15 December 1941 AWMM 20 George Street, Vogeltown, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW2 20 George St., New Plymouth AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Shipping clerk/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr Herbert W. Broad (father), 20 George Street, Vogeltown, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 22 December 1942 AWMM 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 15 December 1941 AWMM
    Age 25 AWMM
    Typist/Civilian AWMM
    New Plymouth, Taranaki AWMM
  • 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
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 4.5 inches AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Hazel AWMM
    • Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
      Heart attack AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Daughter of Herbert and Eleanor Broad.

    Attended New Plymouth Girls High School and was Head Girl.

    Wife of Lieutenant Aloysius Castelli (5016). They married at Helwan, Egypt on 25 March 1943.

    Mother of John and Marie (later Hodder).

    She returned to New Plymouth in 1943. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    26 July 2003 AWMM
    Age 87 AWMM
    New Plymouth, Taranaki AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Awanui Cemetery, Awanui Street, New Plymouth, New Zealand AWMM Services Area Row C Plot 29 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: Taranaki Herald, 27 July 2003 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Cooke, P. (2001). Defending New Zealand: ramparts on the sea 1840-1950s. Wellington, N.Z.: Defence of New Zealand Study Group. AWMM
    • New Zealand Military Nursing - A History of the R.N.Z.N.C. Boer War to Present Day AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 6 (Embarkations from 1st October, 1941 to 31st December, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 6: WW2 7 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: Taranaki Herald, 27 July 2003 AWMM
    • Service Women Project: Sponsorship to research this record was kindly provided by the Auckland Returned Services Association, Returned Servicewomen's Branch; Marjorie Traill, Dorothy Grant, Daphne Shaw and Margaret Woollett. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 6 (Embarkations from 1st October, 1941 to 31st December, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.7 AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • WAAC [Women's Auxiliary Army Corps] - Lists - Overseas Information [including Strength Returns and Embarkation Rolls] (1943 - 1945) - Archives New Zealand, Wellington, (R22502074) AWMM

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