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Cenotaph record

Clarence Sidney Yearbury

  • Service number
    71700 AWMM
  • Also known as
    • Jacko AWMM
    • Chuckles AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Clarence Sidney AWMM
  • Surname
    Yearbury AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Jacko AWMM
    • Chuckles AWMM
  • Service number
    71700 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 Massey Road, Otahuhu, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr S.L. Yearbury (father), Massey Road, Otahuhu, Auckland, 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
    71700 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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

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
    • Eye colour, WWII AWMM
      Blue AWMM
    • Hair colour, WWII AWMM
      Fair AWMM
    • Height, WWII AWMM
      5 Feet 9 inches AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Brothers Clarence Sidney Yearbury (71700) and Desmond Harry Yearbury (451469) both saw active service in WW2

    Husband of Ada Jessie Elizabeth (Betty); father of Kathleen, Michael

    Son of Sidney Leslie and Alma Eugenia Yearbury (Source: Mangere Historical Society)

    Attended St Benedict's Primary, Good Shepherd School and St Joseph's Otahuhu (Source: Mangere Historical Society) AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    20 October 2008 AWMM
    Age 89 AWMM
    Papakura, Auckland AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Manukau Memorial Gardens Cemetery & Crematorium (Papatoetoe Cemetery), 357 Puhinui Road, Puhinui, Manukau City AWMM Lot ANGLI-PLOT-007 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 23 October 2008 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

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Sources

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  • External links
    http://www.manukau.govt.nz/EN/CouncilServices/ManukauMemorialGardens/Pages/GenealogySearch.aspx
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Mangere Historical Society: This record was kindly researched by the Mangere Historical Society. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 7 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1942 to 31st March, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 7: WW2 156 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 23 October 2008 AWMM

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