Identity
Title
Forenames
Thomas Harold AWMM
Surname
Belcher AWMM
Ingoa
Also known as
Bill Belcher AWMM
Service number
36719 AWMM
Gender
Iwi
Hapū
Waka
Rohe
Religion
Civilian life
Birth
Date of birth
Place of birth
Birth notes
Address before enlistment
Pre 25 May 1940 AWMM Mangatawhiri, R.D. Pokeno, New Zealand AWMM
Post war occupation
Next of kin on embarkation
Mrs Catherine Belcher, 99 Naylor Street, Hamilton, New Zealand AWMM
Relationship status
Service
Capture details
- WW2 POW - P.G. 57 Gruppignano, Udine, Italy AWMM
Sidi Rezegh, Western Desert AWMM
1 December 1941 AWMM
Involved in Crusader Campaign AWMM - WW2 POW - Germany - Gorlitz Transit AWMM
- WW2 POW - Mechtal Power Station AWMM
- WW2 POW - Bilowitz AWMM
coal mine E 535 AWMM - WW2
2 January 1942 AWMM - WW2 POW - Salonike 8B 714 ER. 18A 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
Germany, Europe 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
Days interned
Liberation date
Liberation Repatriation
WW2 29 April 1945 AWMM
POW liberation details
POW serial number
German 33200 AWMM
Death
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
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Processing
Sources
External links
Documents
- List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8. AWMM
- Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
p.34 AWMM - Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM
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