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Selwyn Gale Harris

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Selwyn Gale AWMM
  • Surname
    Harris AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    235314 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
    Unknown AWMM C/o J.H. Houghton, Muriwai Beach AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs J.E.Harris (mother), 173 Vauxhall Road, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    235314 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

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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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Betty; Father of Lynda AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    10 April 2006 AWMM
    Age 85 AWMM
    Thames, Coromandel District AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cremated AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald 12 April 2006 AWMM
  • Memorial name
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Memorials

Memorial

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  • Selwyn was born in 1920 to Oliver and Jessie Harris - He was at least 1 of 4 children. Selwyn is buried in Hamilton. If you have any information on this family PLEASE contact me-- many thanks
    Public - Leonard Harris - Researcher - 21 May 2016
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Sources

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    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: New Zealand Herald 12 April 2006 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
      p.171 AWMM
    • Loughnan, R. (1963). Divisional Cavalry. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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21 May 2016Leonard HarrisNew ZealandResearcher

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