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Robert Clyde Culbert

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Portrait of Robert Clyde Culbert, (2014). © NZIPP Photograph by Megan Graham 1175-7474. CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Portrait of Robert Clyde Culbert, (2014). © NZIPP Photograph by Megan Graham 1175-7474. CC-BY-NC-ND …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Robert Clyde AWMM
  • Surname
    Culbert AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Clyde AWMM
  • Service number
    268189 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    29 June 1921 AWMM Balclutha, Otago AWMM
    Balclutha, Otago, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 1939? AWMM PO Box, Milton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Postal Worker/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    M.J. Culbert (mother), Clyde Street, Balclutha, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 3 December 1942 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
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1939? AWMM
    Age 18 AWMM
    Post and Telegraph Cadet/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
    • Other, Unknown Period AWMM
      Spectacles AWMM
    • Dental, Unknown Period AWMM
      False Teeth AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Embarked twice, the second time being on the Empress of Scotland (ship) from Wellington on 5 January 1945 to Egypt, then on to Italy. At this stage he was married, and his next of kin was his wife, A.J. Culbert who was living at Eddystone Rd, Kaitangata. AWMM

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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  • References
    • 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.96 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 15 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1945 to 31st December, 1945). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.36 AWMM
    • Borman, C. (1954). Divisional Signals. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • This record was partially compiled from information provided by the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photographers (NZIPP) Veteran Portrait Project. AWMM

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