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Sydney Edward Atkins

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Sydney Edward AWMM
  • Surname
    Atkins AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII 615941 AWMM
    • WWII 615911 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    • 24 September 1923 Births, Deaths and Marriages
    • 24 September 1923 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    September 24th 1923 Public - Ian Banks - Researcher - 9 July 2018 - Research
  • Place of birth
    Hastings NZ Public - Ian Banks - Researcher - 9 July 2018 - Research
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM 702E Avenue Road, Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mr C.J. Atkins (father), 702E Avenue Road, Hastings, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1945 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

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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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  • Died 5 August 2000. Age 76 Yrs. Buried Waipawa Cemetery, Hawkes Bay, NZ. Public - Clancy - Researcher - 29 September 2017 - Hawkes Bay Cemetery Database. http://www.chbdc.govt.nz/services/cemeteries/cemetery-database/cemetery?rid=102692

Death

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  • Death
    5 August 2000 Births, Deaths and Marriages
  • Date of death
    5 August 2000 Public - Clancy - Researcher - 29 September 2017 - Central Hawke's Bay District Council Cemetery Database
    http://www.chbdc.govt.nz/services/cemeteries/cemetery-database/cemetery?rid=102692
  • Age at death
    76 Public - Clancy - Researcher - 29 September 2017 - Central Hawke's Bay District Council Cemetery Database
    http://www.chbdc.govt.nz/services/cemeteries/cemetery-database/cemetery?rid=102692
  • Place of death
    Waipukurau Public - Clancy - Researcher - 29 September 2017 - Central Hawke's Bay District Council Cemetery Database
    http://www.chbdc.govt.nz/services/cemeteries/cemetery-database/cemetery?rid=102692
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Waipawa Cemetery, Waipawa, Central Hawke's Bay, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. Public - Clancy - Researcher - 29 September 2017 - Central Hawke's Bay District Council Cemetery Database
    http://www.chbdc.govt.nz/services/cemeteries/cemetery-database/cemetery?rid=102692
  • Grave reference
    RSA Garden, Plot 36 Public - Clancy - Researcher - 29 September 2017 - Central Hawke's Bay District Council Cemetery Database
    http://www.chbdc.govt.nz/services/cemeteries/cemetery-database/cemetery?rid=102692
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Sources

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  • External links
    22 Battalion, The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939–1945
    http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-22Ba.html
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 15 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1945 to 31st December, 1945). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.8 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 11 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1943 to 30th June, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
06 September 2020Bridie MelissaWellingtonDirect descendant
05 April 2020Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
29 September 2017Clancy Perth, AustraliaResearcher

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