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Herbert Longbottom

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Herbert AWMM
  • Surname
    Longbottom AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    30032 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    02/10/1917 Public - Christine - Child - 25 April 2022 - Family oral history
  • Place of birth
    Inglewood, Taranaki Public - Christine - Child - 25 April 2022 - Family oral history
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Bank of NSW, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Chartered Accountant Public - Christine - Child - 25 April 2022 - Family oral history
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mr F. Longbottom (father), Inglewood, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
    • Amy and Fred Longbottom Public - Christine - Child - 25 April 2022 - Family oral history
  • Relationship status
    • Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
    • Married on 21 July 1945 Public - Christine - Child - 25 April 2022 - Family oral history

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    30032 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    Trentham Public - Christine - Child - 25 April 2022 - Family oral history
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Banker/Civilian AWMM
    New Plymouth, Taranaki AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment
    22 Public - Christine - Child - 25 April 2022 - Family oral history

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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Margery; father of Christine, Helen, and Jane AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    5 July 2007 AWMM
    Age 89 AWMM
    Hamilton, Waikato 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, 7 July 2007 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 2: WW2 111 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 7 July 2007 AWMM
    • Henderson, J. (1958). 22 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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