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Cenotaph record

Graeme Bradshaw Hawkes

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Graeme Bradshaw AWMM
  • Surname
    Hawkes AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    38061 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    26 October 1917 AWMM Whangarei, Northland AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 1 March 1941 AWMM Hackett Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Pharmacy Business/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Lillias Hawkes (mother), Onerahi, Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 7 April 1941 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Western Desert AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    38061 AWMM
  • Military service
    School Cadets AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    Trentham Camp AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Mar 1941 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM
    Chemist/Civilian AWMM
    AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • WW2 POW - Transit Camp Barce, Barce, modern day El Merj, Libya AWMM
      Sidi Rezegh, Western Desert AWMM
      28 November 1941 AWMM
      Attached to 5th Field Ambulance and were advancing with 5th Brigade for the relief of Tobruk. AWMM
    • WW2
      30 December 1941 AWMM
    • WW2
      26 Jan 1942-20 November 1942 AWMM
    • WW2 POW - P.G. 62, Grumillina, Italy AWMM
      21 Nov 1942-5 April 1943 AWMM
    • WW2
      Rome cables PoW - camp unstated AWMM
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
    WW2 1 April 1943 AWMM Repatriation to Egypt; then to New Zealand March 1944 AWMM
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Other, Unknown Period AWMM
      Spectacles AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Possible tuberculosis B infection after working in the P.O.W. Hospital, Ospedale Ricoveo Di Bergamo. The problem was never confirmed, but watched long term. AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of George Augustus Hawkes (WW1 48793) and Lillias Hawkes of Takapuna, Auckland.

    Graeme wrote notes in the family genealogy book: "A medic; served in the Middle east. Served in Field Ambulance Unit, taken prisoner of war at Sidi Rezegh then spent 18 months in Italy."

    After the war he had a pharmacy business in Te Aroha.

    Three brothers served in WW2: the eldest brother served in the Navy; Graeme Bradshaw Hawkes (38061) a POW and David Handforth Hawkes (NZ40739) who was killed in RNZAF flying training accident in New Zealand.

    Cenotaph record initially prepared with the serviceman in 2001 AWMM
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    13 April 2009 AWMM
    Age 91 AWMM
    Whangarei, Northland AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Onerahi Cemetery, Onerahi, Whangarei, New Zealand AWMM Ashes F. Plot 12 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 15 April 2009 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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    Public - Ian - Other relative - 25 April 2016
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20 April 2023IanOnerahi WhangareiOther relative
25 April 2016Ian Onerahi WhangareiOther relative

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