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Cenotaph record

Miles Hugh Handyside

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Miles Hugh AWMM
  • Surname
    Handyside AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    6506 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    20 December 1918 AWMM Invercargill, Southland AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Pre 15 May 1940 AWMM C/o A.H. Miles, 39 Hobson Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM C/o A.H. Miles, 39 Hobson Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mr W.F. Handyside (father), PO, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mr W.F. Handyside (father), PO Box 752, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 27 August 1940 AWMM Single AWMM
    • Pre 21 July 1943 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • North Africa AWMM
    • Italy AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    6506 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW2 15 May 1940 AWMM Clerk AWMM
      AWMM
    • WW2 Unknown AWMM Clerk AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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
    Wounded three times AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Elizabeth Mary

    Name is listed in the Nominal Roll as Miles Handyside AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    1 April 2011 AWMM
    Age 92 AWMM
    Cheviot, Canterbury AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: Dominion Post and Christchurch Press, 8 April 2011 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Puttick. E. (1960). 25 Battalion. Wellington, Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
    http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-25Ba.html
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Haigh, J., Polaschek, A. (Eds.). (1993). New Zealand and the Distinguished Service Order. Christchurch, N.Z.: Authors. AWMM
    • Taylor, A. (1998). The New Zealand roll of honour : New Zealanders who have served their country in peace and war : 150 years, 1845-1995. Auckland, N.Z.: Roll of Honour Publications. AWMM
    • Dominion Post AWMM
    • The Christchurch Press AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 3: WW2 194 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 12: WW2 80 AWMM
    • Haigh, J., Polaschek, A. (Eds.). (1993). New Zealand and the Distinguished Service Order. Christchurch, N.Z.: Authors. AWMM
      p.106 AWMM
    • Taylor, A. (1998). The New Zealand roll of honour : New Zealanders who have served their country in peace and war : 150 years, 1845-1995. Auckland, N.Z.: Roll of Honour Publications. AWMM
      p.470 AWMM
    • Dominion Post AWMM
      Death notice: 8 April 2011 AWMM
    • The Christchurch Press AWMM
      Death notice: 8 April 2011 AWMM
    • Puttick, E. (1960). 25 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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