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Trevor Bruce Grant

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Trevor Bruce Grant 21st Battalion 1940

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Trevor Bruce AWMM
  • Surname
    Grant AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWII 20097 AWMM
    • NZD1015 AWMM
    • 1015 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Waiau Pa, Patumahoe, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs F M H Grant (wife), Balmoral Post Office, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 2 May 1940 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Shirley; father of Bruce, Garry, Noel, Denis

    Subsequently reported as discharged to shore. Fraudulent Entry (Source: McNabb Navy List) AWMM

Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cremated at Hawke's Bay Crematorium, Hastings Cemetery, Hastings AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Cemetery Records. Hastings District Council Cemetery Search.
    http://cemeterybase.hdc.govt.nz/
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Cooke, P. (2001). Defending New Zealand: ramparts on the sea 1840-1950s. Wellington, N.Z.: Defence of New Zealand Study Group. AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald 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 73 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Veterans' club : the comradeship and memories of Auckland's 21st infantry battalion. Auckland War Memorial Museum : Auckland. Accompanies exhibition held in the Pictorial Gallery, second floor, Auckland War Memorial Museum, 24 March-21 May 2006. AWMM
    • 21 New Zealand Infantry Battalion Association Inc. Records, 1955 - 2005. Auckland War Memorial Museum. MS-2008-42. AWMM
    • 21 Battalion (Official history of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45) AWMM
    • Royal New Zealand Navy List (c.1921-c.1970) - kindly provided by Ralph McNabb. This list was not collated by McNabb but was sourced from the Royal New Zealand Navy. AWMM

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