condensed discuss document expanded export feedback print share remove reset document_white enquire_white export_white report_white

Cenotaph record

Keith Vernor Church

Lay a poppy
Portrait, Keith Vernor Church - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait, Keith Vernor Church - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

Contribute ›
  • Title
  • Forenames
    Keith Vernor AWMM
  • Surname
    Church AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    NX68646 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

Contribute ›
  • Birth
    23 March 1920 AWMM Hamilton, Waikato AWMM
    Hamilton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 4 March 1941 AWMM Rostrevor Street, Hamilton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Shop assistant/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Pre 11 April 1941 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

Contribute ›
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1948-1960 The Malayan Emergency AWMM
    • Far East AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    NX68646 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Training and Enlistment

Contribute ›
  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 4 March 1941 AWMM
    Age 21 AWMM
    Storeman/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

Contribute ›

Prisoner of war

Contribute ›
  • Capture details
    • WW2 POW - Bicycle Camp, Batavia, Java AWMM
      Garoet, Indonesia AWMM
      8 March 1942 AWMM
    • WW2 POW - Changi Camp, Changi, Singapore AWMM
      Java, Indonesia AWMM
    • WW2 POW - Burma Thai Railway Camps, Burma, Indonesia AWMM
    • WW2 POW - Singapore River Valley Camp, Singapore AWMM
    • WW2 POW - Etsuka Coalmine, Nagasaki, Japan AWMM
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
    WW2 1 September 1945 AWMM Liberated by the Americans AWMM
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number
    4911 AWMM

Medical history

Contribute ›
  • Medical notes
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 8 inches AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      BeriBeri AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Dysentry AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Pallagra AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Malaria AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Dengue AWMM

Last known rank

Contribute ›

Biographical information

Biographical information

Contribute ›

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 Keith Vernor Church by laying a poppy.

Leave a note

Leave a tribute or memory of Keith Vernor Church

Leave a note

Contribute ›

Sources

Sources

Contribute ›
  • External links
  • References

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.

Creative Commons LicenseOnline Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.