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Charlie Douglas Weller

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charlie Douglas AWMM
  • Surname
    Weller AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    30730 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    13 October 1913 AWMM Wanganui, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 53 Dublin Street, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Dulcie Margaret E. Weller (wife), Papaiti, Aramoho, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown 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
    30730 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Husband of Dulcie; father of Gregory, Rob, Kathleen, Jill, Marion, Charlie AWMM
    • In 1947 Charlie and Dulcie put me up whenever I came down to Whanganui for harriers. Before the war, Charlie had the amazing record of having won four consecutive NZ Cross-country titles (1935-1938). In the Wanganui Club champs that year, Charlie caught me up when I was leading, and advised me not to exhaust myself, as I would be able to sprint in the other runner who was close to me. He was right, and finished 3rd equal himself, a shadow of his former self. I would never have beaten him pre-war, even had I been his age and vintage. Public - Stanley Lawrence - Friend - 10 November 2015 - First-hand from memory. I also possess photos of Gregory, Kathleen and Gillian taken in 1947.
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Death

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  • Death
    5 July 2005 AWMM
    Age 91 AWMM
    Hamilton, Waikato 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, July 2005 AWMM
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Sources

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    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald 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 197 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, July 2005 AWMM
    • Sinclair, D. (1954). 19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Henderson, J. (1958). 22 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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10 November 2015Stanley LawrenceChristchurch NZFriend

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