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Robert Hinds Howell

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Cave War Memorial, Otago. Photo Brian Davison, 2009. - No known copyright restrictions

Cave War Memorial, Otago. Photo Brian Davison, 2009. - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Robert Hinds AWMM
  • Surname
    Howell AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Robin AWMM
  • Service number
    7188 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    29 November 1917 AWMM New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Mount Nimrod, Cave, Otago, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr W. Howell (father), Mount Nimrod, Cave, Otago, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 5 January 1940 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
    7188 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 Farmer/Civilian AWMM
    Timaru, Canterbury 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
    Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Robert Hinds Howell was the son of Wilfred Hinds Howell and Kate Winifred Howell, of Cave, Canterbury, New Zealand.

    Listed as Robin on the Embarkation Roll AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    27 June 1942 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Western Desert, North Africa AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt AWMM XXX. C. 26. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Cave War Memorial, Otago, New Zealand AWMM

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  • We acknowledge the ultimate sacrifice you made and the effect this must have had on your family. You will be remembered and not forgotten - The Patterson Family, Mt Nimrod
    Public - Graham and Vicki - 7 February 2015
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07 February 2015Graham and VickiMt Nimrod, RD14, CAVE 7984, NEW ZEALANDOther

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