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Desmond Arthur Bentley

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Desmond Arthur AWMM
  • Surname
    Bentley AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 298089 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Catholic, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    23 April 1918 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 50A Gt South Road, Otahuhu, Auckland S.E.7 AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Music teacher/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs A. Latham (mother), 50A Gt South Road, Otahuhu, Auckland S.E.7 AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 298089 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Civil servant/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.31
    2NZEF Nom. Roll 9, p.31
  • 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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Wored as a Lineman for the Post and Telegraph Department, New Zealand Government, Auckland, prior to the Second World War. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    12 November 1997 AWMM
    Age 79 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Plot 172, Row 16, Service Persons Area M, Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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    Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
    p.31 AWMM

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