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Charles Kingsford Reed

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles Kingsford AWMM
  • Surname
    Reed AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Charlie AWMM
  • Service number
    1466 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    3 March 1915 AWMM Tolaga Bay, Gisborne AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 495 Church Street, Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs G.D. Reed (mother), 495 Church Street, Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 5 January 1940 AWMM Single AWMM
    • Married to Marrie Public - Bella - Other relative - 6 March 2018 - family history

Service

Wars and conflicts

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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
    Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
    Wounded 1 December 1941 AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Father of Leonie, Guy, Katherine, Denis

    2nd Officer in charge of 4 Field Regiment AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    14 September 2009 AWMM
    Age 94 AWMM
    Hawkes Bay, New Zealand 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, 17 September 2009 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • He was my Great Grandfather I only saw him once before he died
    Public - Tiare - Other relative - 21 March 2019
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  • Charlie was a great man and grandfather and his great grand children would have loved to have met him
    Public - Emma - Direct descendant - 22 April 2016
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Murphy, W. (1966). 2nd New Zealand Divisional Artillery. Wellington, Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
    http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Arti.html
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Taylor, A. (1998). The New Zealand roll of honour : New Zealanders who have served their country in peace and war : 150 years, 1845-1995. Auckland, N.Z.: Roll of Honour Publications. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 1: WW2 150 AWMM
    • Murphy, W. (1966). 2nd New Zealand Divisional Artillery. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
      Murphy, W. (1966). p. 100, 270, 729Taylor, A. (1998). p. 888 - Citation for DSO AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: 17 September 2009 AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
21 March 2019TiareAuckland,New ZealandOther relative
06 March 2018BellaAuckland New Zealand Other relative
22 April 2016EmmaBrisbane,QLDDirect descendant

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