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Cenotaph record

Leslie Keith Subritzky

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Leslie Keith AWMM
  • Surname
    Subritzky AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    NZ9790 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Indian Ocean (Naval) AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Navy AWMM
  • Service number
    NZ9790 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    HMNZS Tamaki, HMNZS Philomel, HMS Drake (UK), HMS Nimrod (Ceylon), HMS Patrol Boats Indian ocean, HMS Osprey, HMS Mayina AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 31 May 1944 AWMM
    Age 18 AWMM
    Grocery assistant/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
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 feet 8 3/4 inches AWMM
    • Build, Unknown Period AWMM
      medium AWMM
    • Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      brown AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      hazel AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      27 April 1945 contracted malaria and admitted to St Peters Royal Naval Auxiliary Hospital, Ceylon AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    WW2 7 April 1947 AWMM
    Reached the end of his term of service AWMM
    Able Seaman/Military AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Mother: May Freda (nee: Evans)

    Returned to New Zealand on the 15th October 1945 draughted to HMNZS Philomel AWMM

Death

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  • 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

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Sources

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  • 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

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