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Cenotaph record

Harold Bertrand Elvey

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  • Service number
    • NZD2252 AWMM
    • WWII 2252 AWMM
    • WWII NZD2252 AWMM
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    Navy AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Harold Bertrand AWMM
  • Surname
    Elvey AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • NZD2252 AWMM
    • WWII 2252 AWMM
    • WWII NZD2252 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • Atlantic (Naval) AWMM
    • Mediterranean AWMM
    • Atlantic, WW1 AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Navy AWMM
  • Service number
    • NZD2252 AWMM
    • WWII 2252 AWMM
    • WWII NZD2252 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    HMS Philomel AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
    Telegraphist Navy Demobilisation R21465798
  • Enlistment
    WW2 29 January 1941 AWMM
    Age 21 AWMM
    Civil servant/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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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Next of kin at time embarkation - LR and JB Elvey (mother and father) AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    11 June 2000 RNZN Communicators Association
  • 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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  • External links
  • References
    • Personnel - Demobilisation - RNZN [Royal New Zealand Navy], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, N1/427 (R21465798) AWMM
    • Royal New Zealand Navy List (c.1921-c.1970) - kindly provided by Ralph McNabb. 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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