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English Māori

Charles Theodore Blucher

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles Theodore AWMM
  • Surname
    Blucher AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    22595 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    5 July 1920 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Waihopo, Houhora, Far North, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Timber Orderman/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr C.F.E. Blucher (father), Waihopo, Houhora, Far North, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 2 May 1940 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

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 Betty; father of Pat, Andrena and Beryl AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    • 16 April 2006 AWMM
      Age 85 AWMM
      Kaeo, Northland AWMM
    • 6 August 1973 21Bn Assoc. Inc. Records. MS-2008-42.
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Totara North Cemetery, Totara North, Northland, New Zealand AWMM Public Lawn, Block 6 Plot 44 (Old Plot 215) AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald 18 April 2006 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Cemetery Records. Far North District Council.
    http://rid.fndc.govt.nz/searchform.php
    Sources Used
  • Documents
    • 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 20 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: New Zealand Herald 18 April 2006 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
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