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Cenotaph record

Eric Leopold Hammond

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Headstone at Mangere Public Cemetery for 449039 Eric Hammond broad view. No Known Copyright.

Headstone at Mangere Public Cemetery for 449039 Eric Hammond broad view. No Known Copyright.

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Eric Leopold AWMM
  • Surname
    Hammond AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    449039 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 A.F. Helleur, Wellsford, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr L.E. Hammond (father), 913 Railway Road, Hastings, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown 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
    449039 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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 Vera; father of Lynda, Warwick, Rodney, Grant. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    22 November 2008 AWMM
    Age 85 AWMM
    Tauranga, Bay of Plenty AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cremated at Pyes Pa Cemetery & Crematorium, Pyes Pa Memorial Park, 403 Pyes Pa Road, Tauranga, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 24 November 2008 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
  • 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. 14 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1944 to 31st December, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 14: WW2 40 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 24 November 2008 AWMM
    • 21 Battalion (Official history of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45) AWMM

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