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Alfred Powdrell Gamlin

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From Gamlin Family history book compiled by Blanche Gamlin

Alfred Powdrell Gamlin

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alfred Powdrell AWMM
  • Surname
    Gamlin AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Alfie AWMM
  • Service number
    NZ413403 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    31 August 1922 AWMM Manaia, Taranaki AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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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

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Ella; father of Murray, Vivienne.

    Coastal Command AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    12 July 2009 AWMM
    Hawera, Taranaki AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Manaia Cemetery, Cemetery Road (off Hassard Street), Manaia, South Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 14 July 2009 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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    Public - Nathan - Direct descendant - 25 April 2022
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Sources

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  • External links
    Thompson, H. (1959). New Zealanders with the Royal Air Force (Vol II). Wellington: Dept of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital Copy
    http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-2RAF.html
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
      Martyn, E. (1998-2008). vol. 3 p. 598 ref 79 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 14 July 2009 AWMM
    • This record is a work in progress and was partially compiled from the “Database of New Zealand Airmen who took part in Advanced Air Training in Canada during WW2”. Researched by Ivan and Lorna Lindsey of Tauranga. N.Z. 2003 – 2012. Reproduced with permission. AWMM

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25 April 2022NathanNew ZealandDirect descendant
09 May 2021CalanAuckland New ZealeandOther relative

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