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Norman Bernhard Berntsen

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Portrait, Norman Bernsten in uniform, cap - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait, Norman Bernsten in uniform, cap - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Norman Bernhard AWMM
  • Surname
    Berntsen AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Barny AWMM
  • Service number
    NZ411360 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    12 August 1919 AWMM New Plymouth, Taranaki AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 1 March 1941 AWMM 19 Newton Street, Fitzroy, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Engineer/Military AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs H.N. Berntsen (mother) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 17 November 1941 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1 March 1941 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM
    Engineer/Military 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 foot 8 inches AWMM
    • Chest expansion, Unknown Period AWMM
      38 inches AWMM
    • Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      brown AWMM
    • Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
      Fair AWMM
    • Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
      Cancer AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Engineer with Swanson Ltd at enlistment and postwar

    Wife served with the RAF. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    25 July 1972 AWMM
    Age 53 AWMM
    New Plymouth, Taranaki AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth, New Zealand AWMM Ashes, RSA section AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - Embarkation Lists, November 1940 - July 1942. Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R17845762). AWMM

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