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Cenotaph record

Henry George Sands

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Headstone, Wellsford Cemetery (Photo John Halpin, 2011) - CC BY John Halpin

Headstone, Wellsford Cemetery (Photo John Halpin, 2011) - CC BY John Halpin

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Henry George AWMM
  • Surname
    Sands AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    36189 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    24 October 1922 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • 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
    36189 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Brother of Alister

    Member of Wellsford RSA

    Cenotaph database record compiled from information in the Death Notice

    The Royal New Zealand Returned and Services' Association (RSA) membership card is held by the Albertland & Districts Museum. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    29 January 2005 AWMM
    Age 82 AWMM
    Wellsford, Auckland Province AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Wellsford Cemetery, 80 School Road, Wellsford, New Zealand AWMM RSA Section Block 1 Row A Plot 59 Seq 1 Burial 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
    Albertland & Districts Museum, Memorial Park, Wellsford, New Zealand
    http://www.albertland.co.nz/
    Further Reference
  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice AWMM
    • Wellsford Cemetery, 80 School Road, Wellsford, New Zealand AWMM
      Cemetery register no. 3692 AWMM

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