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Cenotaph record

Margery Culford-Bell

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Margery AWMM
  • Surname
    Culford-Bell AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Margery Monk AWMM
    • Margery Culford Bell AWMM
  • Service number
    811542 AWMM
  • Gender
    Female AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1922 AWMM Rotorua, Bay of Plenty AWMM
  • Date of birth
    19/03/21 Public - Vivien Ann - Child - 5 March 2023 - personal knowledge
  • Place of birth
    Wellington Public - Vivien Ann - Child - 5 March 2023 - personal knowledge
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM P.O. Box 141, Taupo, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mrs E. Culford-Bell (mother), P.O. Box 141, Taupo, New Zealand AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs E. Culford-Bell (mother), Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    811542 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Home Duties/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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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    • Wife of Ken; mother of Lynnie, Marcia, Vivien. AWMM
    • Mother of Marcia, Lynnie (deceased age 1 1/2), Vivien, and Colin. Grandmother of David Nordman and Melanie Switzer (née Nordman), children of Gary and Marcia Nordman of Canada. Public - Melanie Elizabeth - Direct descendant - 2 July 2017 - Information from Marcia Nordman

Death

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  • Death
    24 February 2009 AWMM
    Age 87 AWMM
    Rotorua, Bay of Plenty 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, 26 February 2009 AWMM
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  • Memorial reference

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Sources

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    • 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 15 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 26 February 2009 AWMM
    • Service Women Project: Sponsorship to research this record was kindly provided by the Auckland Returned Services Association, Returned Servicewomen's Branch; Marjorie Traill, Dorothy Grant, Daphne Shaw and Margaret Woollett. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 15 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1945 to 31st December, 1945). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.13 AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
05 March 2023Vivien Ann5 Seafoam Place, Waihi BeachChild
02 July 2017Melanie ElizabethShawnigan Lake, CanadaDirect descendant

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