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Cenotaph record

Graham Carkeek

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Portrait, Graham Carkeek, taken when on final leave in 1943 aged sixteen. - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait, Graham Carkeek, taken when on final leave in 1943 aged sixteen. - This image may be subjec …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Graham AWMM
  • Surname
    Carkeek AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Peter AWMM
    • Stroppy Jack Tar AWMM
  • Service number
    NZ6315 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    2 February 1927 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    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
    HMNZS Tamaki - 11 months at Signal School AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 10 December 1942 AWMM
    Age 15 AWMM
    Student/Civilian 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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Went straight from Wellington College into Navy.

    S.N.L.R. as Mutineer about 1950.

    Cenotaph record initially prepared with the serviceman in 1998 AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    26 August 2005 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    In Memorium: The Dominion Post, 26 August 2010 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Record Book of Naval Personnel - c.1920-1945 - Lists Navy number, alphabetical list of names of ratings trained in England, numerical lists of officers. Archives New Zealand, R21346617, AAYT 8495 N12
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R21346617
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Dominion Post AWMM
    • Dominion Post AWMM
      In Memorium: The Dominion Post, 26 August 2010 AWMM
    • Royal New Zealand Navy List (c.1921-c.1970) - kindly provided by Ralph McNabb. AWMM
    • Cenotaph record initially prepared with the service person. AWMM
    • Record Book of Naval Personnel - c.1920-1945 - Lists Navy number, alphabetical list of names of ratings trained in England, numerical lists of officers. Archives New Zealand, R21346617, AAYT 8495 N12 AWMM

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