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Cenotaph record

Newton Ernest Wickham

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Portrait 1940, on enlistment (kindly provided by family) - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait 1940, on enlistment (kindly provided by family) - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
    Dr AWMM
  • Forenames
    Newton Ernest AWMM
  • Surname
    Wickham AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Wicky AWMM
  • Service number
    19306 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of Christ AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    14 May 1917 AWMM Stratford, Taranaki AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 1 May 1940 AWMM Clevedon, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Periodontist/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Hilda S. Wickham (mother), Clevedon, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1 August 1941 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 May 1940 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Dental surgeon/Civilian AWMM
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  • 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
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 feet 11 inches AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      blue AWMM
    • Medical, WWII AWMM
      Jaundice (1945) AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Hilda S. Wickham and Albert Wickham
    Husband of Keitha Maude Adelaide Kenrick (810508)
    Attended Mount Albert Grammar School
    A Dental Surgeon at the Wellington Hospital at the outbreak of war
    He continued serving after the war with the Territorials until retirement with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel
    He contributed to the book by A. McLean 'The Royal New Zealand Dental Corps : tall but true tales from the past ' published in 1997
    He was named a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 1983 for his services to dentistry.
    In August 2009 he was inducted to the Hall of Distinction at Mount Albert Grammar School.
    Cenotaph record initially prepared with the serviceman in 2009 AWMM
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    5 December 2011 AWMM
    Age 94 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, 6 and 7 December 2011 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
      Cenotaph data entry form AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 5 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1941 to 30 September, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 5: WW2 225 AWMM
    • McLean, A. (1997). The Royal New Zealand Dental Corps : tall but true tales from the past. Picton, N.Z.: Sounds Print and Stationery. AWMM
    • Hutching, M. (Ed). (c2004). A fair sort of battering : New Zealanders remember the Italian campaign. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins in association with the Ministry for Culture and Heritage. AWMM
    • The New Zealand dental services AWMM
      p.233-7, 253, 270, 381 AWMM
    • Who's who in New Zealand (1951-1991). Wellington, N.Z. ; Auckland, N.Z.: Reed. AWMM
      p.687 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: 6 and 7 December 2011 AWMM
    • Cenotaph record initially prepared with the service person. AWMM

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