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Peter Isaac Mantle

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Peter Isaac AWMM
  • Surname
    Mantle AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    20693 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    18 June 1914 AWMM London, England AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 1940 AWMM 9 Thackeray St., Hamilton AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs. M. Mantle, 2 Malvern Rd., Southampton, England (mother) AWMM
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Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    20693 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    • Military Medal (MM) AWMM
      24 September 1942 AWMM
      The National Archives. Recommendation for Award for Mantle, Peter Isaac. (Ref. WO 373/21/315). Military Medal. MM June 1942. Mantle and 2 of three gunners saved three guns from possible use by the enemy and being captured by Germans near Minqar Quaim. AWMM
    • War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
    • New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
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  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Driver/Military AWMM
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  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
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Medical history

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Beryl; father of Barbara, Stephen

    Sergeant P.I. Mantle, MM; Hamilton; born London, 18 Jun 1914; driver. (Source: Murphy, W.E. 2nd NZ Divisional Artillery. p.321.)

    'Lance-Sergeant Mantle of the 5th Field, with three gunners, had been repairing a truck when the tanks attacked the transport. They drove off in it and, while still threatened by the tanks, stopped to investigate three 6-pounders with portées which were standing unattended—possibly guns destined for 32 Battery. Rather than abandon these to the oncoming enemy, Mantle got out and drove one himself and ordered two of the gunners to drive the other two portées. Thus he saved three valuable guns, which could readily have been put to use by the enemy, from being captured. For this he was awarded an MM. ' (Source: Murphy, W.E. 2nd NZ Divisional Artillery. p. 321.; Scoullar, J. L. Battle for Egypt : The Summer of 1942. p. 96.) AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    2 January 2005 AWMM
    Age 90 AWMM
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  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald, January 2005 AWMM
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Sources

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    • 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 125 AWMM
    • Murphy, W. (1966). 2nd New Zealand Divisional Artillery. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
      p.321. AWMM
    • Scoullar, J. L. (1955). Battle for Egypt : the summer of 1942. Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch, Wellington, N.Z. AWMM
      pp.96. AWMM

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