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Cenotaph record

Henry Joseph Bellamy

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Portrait, WW2, standing outside, with rifle, wearing tin hat, family believe it was taken at Burnham camp prior to embarkation to war. (photograph courtesy of the Bellamy family) - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait, WW2, standing outside, with rifle, wearing tin hat, family believe it was taken at Burnham …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Henry Joseph AWMM
  • Surname
    Bellamy AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    10591 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Catholic, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    11 September 1914 AWMM Greymouth, Grey District AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 22 April 1905 AWMM Preston Road, Greymouth, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr W.E. Bellamy (brother), 34 Chapel Street, Greymouth, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 2 May 1940 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
    10591 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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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
    Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
    Blue AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • One of those in Furlough Draft that returned to New Zealand in 1943. He was tried for mutiny when he refused to return to camp and convicted. The conviction was overturned on appeal and he was given an honourable discharge and small pension because of war injuries. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    17 December 2003 AWMM
    Age 89 AWMM
    Orewa, Hibiscus Coast AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    North Shore Memorial Park and Crematorium (Schnapper Rock), Albany, North Shore City, New Zealand AWMM RSA Section AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Ross, A. (1959). 23 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
      Cenotaph data entry form AWMM
    • 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 17 AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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