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Edward Kendrick Gilbert

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Edward Kendrick AWMM
  • Surname
    Gilbert AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    448187 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    30 April 1941 AWMM Taihape, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
    Taihape, Manawatu, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
    30 April 1923 Public - Carol - Other relative - 19 April 2023 - Birth certificate
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mother AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Italy AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    448187 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details
    WW2 Private AWMM

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
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Hospitalised Singapore 3 months AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Japan 3 months AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    WW2 14 September 1946 AWMM Sapper AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Edward Gilbert was the son of Ernest and Maria Eleanor Gilbert (Nee Kendrick). He was educated at Pukeokahu and Mt ALbert Grammar. He was married to Noeleen Maud Jones at Taihape. They had three children, John, Bruce and Philip. AWMM

Death

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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
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  • Obituary
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Memorials

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Sources

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    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 14 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1944 to 31st December, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.35 AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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19 April 2023CarolTaupōOther relative

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