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Maurice Harry Church

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Maurice Harry AWMM
  • Surname
    Church AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    452224 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 B.J.M. Brown, Pahautanui, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs B.A.R. Church (wife), 51 Stanley Avenue, Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1943 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    452224 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
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Beryl; father of Mary, Beryl AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    8 May 2008 AWMM
    Age 86 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 9 May 2008 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Maurice was my great grandfather. I was 2 years old when he passed away but I got to carry his medals in the Anzac Parade to thank him for his service at war ;)
    Public - Zach - Direct descendant - 21 August 2019
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Sources

Sources

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  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 12: WW2 36 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 9 May 2008 AWMM

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21 August 2019ZachAuckland New Zealand Direct descendant

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