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Charles Claude Skedgwell

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Studio portrait, Charlie Skedgwell (72486)

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles Claude AWMM
  • Surname
    Skedgwell AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    72486 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    11 January 1920 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    11/01/1920 Public - Danae - Direct descendant - 25 April 2016 - Family oral history
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM PO Tuna, New Zealand AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM PO Tuna, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs E. Skedgwell (mother), PO Tuna, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs E. Skedgwell (mother), PO Tuna, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    72486 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Husband of Evelyn; father of Lynette, Douglas, Dane, Stanley, Warren, Kerry, David, Kelvin AWMM
    • Husband to Evelyn Ida Steele. Father to Lynette, Doug, Dane, Stan, Joy, Warren, David and Kelvin. Public - Jordan - Direct descendant - 4 June 2023 - Family oral history; Charles is my grandfather.

Death

About death

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  • Death
    9 December 2005 AWMM
    Stratford, Taranaki AWMM
  • Date of death
    1920 Public - Evelyn Joy - Child - 25 April 2016 - Family
  • Age at death
    87 Public - Evelyn Joy - Child - 25 April 2016 - Family
  • Place of death
    Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand Public - Evelyn Joy - Child - 25 April 2016 - Family
  • Cause of death
    old age Public - Evelyn Joy - Child - 25 April 2016 - Family
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald, December 2005 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Thank you Grate Granddad for serving in WW2

    -Charlie Skedgwell
    Public - Charlie - Other relative - 29 October 2019
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  • Thank you Granddad xxxx
    Public - Danae - Direct descendant - 25 April 2016
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 7 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1942 to 31st March, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 7: WW2 128 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 9: WW2 364 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: New Zealand Herald, December 2005 AWMM

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
04 June 2023JordanPrivate Direct descendant
29 October 2019CharlieAdelaide, AustraliaOther relative
25 April 2016DanaeSunshine Coast AustraliaDirect descendant
25 April 2016Evelyn JoyNew Plymouth, New ZealandChild
19 January 2016SamAucklandResearcher

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