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Norman Stanley Tomlin

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New Lynn RSA exterior, 2 Veronica Street, New Lynn 0600. Image kindly provided by John Halpin 2017, CC BY John Halpin

New Lynn RSA exterior, 2 Veronica Street, New Lynn 0600. Image kindly provided by John Halpin 2017, …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Norman Stanley AWMM
  • Surname
    Tomlin AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Norm AWMM
  • Service number
    • 533428 AWMM
    • 523428 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    1 October 1917 Public - Wendy - Child - 22 January 2017 - e.g. Family papers
  • Place of birth
    Auckland Public - Wendy - Child - 22 January 2017 - E.g family papers
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 1 Croydon Road, New Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs J. Tomlin (wife), 1 Croydon Road, New Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    • 533428 AWMM
    • 523428 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 Box maker/Civilian AWMM
    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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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Husband of Joan; father of Gary, Ron, Jeanette, Pauline, Lindsay, Wendy

      Typo in the death notice, serial number shown as 523428 AWMM
    • father to sharleen Public - emma - Direct descendant - 21 July 2022 - family history

Death

About death

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  • Death
    2 October 2009 AWMM
    Age 92 AWMM
    Takapuna, North Shore City AWMM
  • Date of death
    2nd October 2009 Public - Natasha Thornton - Direct descendant - 24 April 2021 - Was at his death
  • Age at death
    92 Public - Natasha Thornton - Direct descendant - 24 April 2021 - Family
  • Place of death
    Takapuna, New Zealand Public - Natasha Thornton - Direct descendant - 24 April 2021 - Present at Death
  • Cause of death
    Age/Accident Public - Natasha Thornton - Direct descendant - 24 April 2021 - Present at death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Waikumete Cemetery Public - Natasha Thornton - Direct descendant - 24 April 2021 - Family
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 3 October 2009 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    New Lynn RSA, 2 Veronica Street, New Lynn 0600 AWMM

Roll of Honour

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  • Uncle Norm married my father’s sister Joan . As a family we were very close spending many Christmas’s and holidays together. We drifted apart after the death of my mother and sadly have not been in touch since the 1970s . It would be good to catch up.
    Public - Paul Morris - Other relative - 25 December 2022
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Sources

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. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 9: WW2 400 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 3 October 2009 AWMM

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
25 December 2022Paul Morris Sunshine Coast Queensland Australia Other relative
21 July 2022emma auckland Direct descendant
24 April 2021Natasha Thornton Gold Coast, AustraliaDirect descendant
22 January 2017WendyAuckland New NealandChild

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