Search results Next record Previous record English Māori Melville Charles Smith Born 25 March 1917 - Died 2003 PDF Key details Service number11787 AWMM Also known asGeige AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankWW2 Company Quartermaster Sergeant/Military AWMM Divisional Provost Company AWMM WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Galatos Memorial Cross. Image provided by Noel Taylor. Image © Auckland Museum CC BY. View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesMelville Charles AWMM SurnameSmith AWMM Ingoa Also known asGeige AWMM Service number11787 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe ReligionChurch of England, Christian AWMM Images and documents Images Contribute › Report › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth25 March 1917 AWMM Christchurch, Canterbury AWMM Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistmentPre 1 February 1940 AWMM 77 Hackthorne Road, Cashmere, Chriustchurch, New Zealand AWMM Post war occupationSolicitor and Barrister/Civilian AWMM Barrister & Solicitor - 1947-1964 AWMM Judge/Civilian AWMM Maori Land Court Judge - 1964-1985 AWMM Next of kin on embarkationCharles Smith (father), 77 Hackthorne Road, Cashmere, Chriustchurch, New Zealand AWMM Relationship statusPre 1 May 1940 AWMM Single AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM CampaignGreece AWMM 1941 AWMM World War 2/wars AWMM Crete AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service number11787 AWMM Military serviceSchool Cadets AWMM Divisional HQ (UK) AWMM Divisional Provost Company, (Egypt, Greece, Crete) AWMM Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military trainingAbout 2 weeks AWMM Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW2 Feb 1940 AWMM Age 22 AWMM Clerk AWMM Christchurch, Canterbury AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW2 Vessel was Andes AWMM Private AWMM Base Depot, attached to 23rd Battalion AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Second Echelon AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture detailsWW2 Crete, Greece AWMM WW2 POW - Gorlitz VIIIA AWMM 1945 AWMM WW2 POW - Badsulza AWMM 1945 AWMM WW2 POW - Crete List of 2NZEF POW (MS 2009/8) Crete, Greece List of 2NZEF POW (MS 2009/8) WW2 POW - Stalag VIII-B (later 344), Lamsdorf, Germany 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945. 1 May 1941 AWMM Days interned Liberation date Liberation RepatriationWW2 1 May 1945 AWMM POW liberation details POW serial number23383 AWMM Medical history Contribute › Medical notesHospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM Impaired hearing and arthritis AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankWW2 1 January 1946 AWMM Company Quartermaster Sergeant/Military AWMM Divisional Provost Company AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Melville Smith's nickname was "Geige" as this is the German word for violin which he played in the POW camp.Cenotaph record initially prepared with the serviceman in 1998. An Olive Tree (Olea europaea) planted close to the Auckland War Memorial Museum in the grounds of the Auckland Domain commemorates those who fought on Crete. The plaque at the base of the tree reads: This Olive Tree was presented to the New Zealand Veterans of the Battle for Crete by the people of Galatos in Crete in respect and the esteem of the bond formed during and after the Battle of Crete May 1941. AWMM Read more Death About death Contribute › Death2003 AWMM New Zealand AWMM 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 Contribute › Memorial name Roll of Honour Remember Melville Charles Smith by laying a poppy. Maxwell William Smith Melmoth Vernon Smith Melville Charles Smith Melville Raynham Smith Melvin John Smith Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Melville Charles Smith Leave a note Contribute › Processing Related objects List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War Library / Pictorial › manuscripts and archives MS-2009-8 Sources Sources Contribute › External linksBirths, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz Sources Used DocumentsGreat Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM WW2 2: WW2 172 AWMM List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8. 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