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Cenotaph record

Thomas Vernon Brereton

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Thomas Vernon Brereton and unidentified woman - This image may be subject to copyright

Thomas Vernon Brereton and unidentified woman - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Thomas Vernon AWMM
  • Surname
    Brereton AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • 7486 AWMM
    • WWII NZ7486 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    24 November 1924 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
    Environmental Health Officer/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Louise Brereton (mother) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 24 November 1943 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
    • HMS Tamaki - Motiuhe Is AWMM
    • Signals Training- Dunedin AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
    Signalman Navy Demobilisation R21465798
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1 July 1943 AWMM
    Age 18 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
    Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
    Skin cancer AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Last ship attached to was Fleet Tanker 'RFA Kimmerol'. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • 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
    • Royal New Zealand Navy List (c.1921-c.1970) - kindly provided by Ralph McNabb. This list was not collated by McNabb but was sourced from the Royal New Zealand Navy. AWMM

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