English Māori Thomas Harold Belcher Born 23 March 1917 PDF Key details Service number36719 AWMM Also known asBill Belcher AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankWW2 Sapper AWMM New Zealand Engineers, 8 Field Park Company AWMM WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesThomas Harold AWMM SurnameBelcher AWMM Ingoa Also known asBill Belcher AWMM Service number36719 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe ReligionChurch of England, Christian AWMM Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth23 March 1917 AWMM Otorohanga, Waikato AWMM Otorohanga, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistmentPre 25 May 1940 AWMM Mangatawhiri, R.D. Pokeno, New Zealand AWMM Post war occupationManufacturing Engineer/Civilian AWMM Company director/Civilian AWMM Next of kin on embarkationMrs Catherine Belcher, 99 Naylor Street, Hamilton, New Zealand AWMM Relationship statusUnknown AWMM Single AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM CampaignOperation Crusader (then to Syria) AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service number36719 AWMM Military service Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards1939-1945 Star AWMM War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military trainingTrentham AWMM Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW2 25 May 1940 AWMM Age 23 AWMM Dragline Operator/Civilian AWMM Ashburton, Canterbury AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW2 Vessel was Nieuw Amsterdam AWMM Sapper AWMM New Zealand Engineers AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture detailsWW2 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 - E535 Milowitz, Poland AWMM coal mine E 535 AWMM WW2 2 January 1942 AWMM WW2 POW - Salonike, Greece - VIII-B Lamsdorf, Germany 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945. 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945. WW2 POW - P.G. 57, PM 3200, Italy Italy Imperial POW Alphabetical List Italy, Europe Italy Imperial POW Alphabetical List Days interned Liberation date Liberation RepatriationWW2 29 April 1945 AWMM POW liberation details POW serial numberGerman 33200 AWMM Medical history Contribute › Medical notesHeight, Unknown Period AWMM 5 foot 11.5 inches AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankWW2 11 December 1941 AWMM Sapper AWMM New Zealand Engineers, 8 Field Park Company AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Approximate date of capture listed as 2 January 1941 in the List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. AWMM Death About death Contribute › 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 Contribute › Memorial name Roll of Honour Remember Thomas Harold Belcher by laying a poppy. Ronald Joseph Belcher Stewart Dudley Belcher Thomas Harold Belcher Trevor Charles Belcher Wallace Clifton Belcher Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Thomas Harold Belcher Leave a note Contribute › Processing Related objects List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War Library / Pictorial › manuscripts and archives MS-2009-8 Sources Sources Contribute › External links DocumentsList 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 Great Britain Army. (1945). Italy : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided. Online Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License