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Alfred Carswell Marett

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Portrait of Second Lieutenant Alfred Carswell Marett, Auckland Weekly News, 10 February 1943. Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, AWNS-19430210-14-7 . Image has no known copyright restrictions.
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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alfred Carswell AWMM
  • Surname
    Marett AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Fred AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 13059 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    5 August 1916 AWMM Dunedin, Otago AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • WW2 Pre 1940-1941 AWMM 6 Hayward St., Dunedin AWMM
    • WW2 Pre 1945 AWMM 6 Haywood St., Dunedin AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mr. H.T. Marett, 30 Neidpath Rd., Mornington, Dunedin (father) AWMM
    • WW2 Mr. H.T. Marett, 30 Neidpath Rd., Mornington, Dunedin (f) AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • Greece AWMM
    • North Africa AWMM
    • Italy AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 13059 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
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  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
    Wounded 23 October 1942 AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Rewa; father of Karen and Warren.

    Maj A. C. Marett, MC; Wellington; born NZ 5 Aug 1916; warehouseman; wounded 23 Oct 1942. (Source: Ross, A. 23 Battalion. p.185.)

    Later President of the 23 Battalion Association. Source: Obituary. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    14 July 2007 AWMM
    Age 90 AWMM
    Fendalton, Christchurch AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
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  • Death notes
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 16 July 2007

    Obituary: The Press, 21 July 2007 AWMM
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Sources

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  • Documents
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 3: WW2 316 AWMM
    • 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
      Taylor, A. (1998).pp. 677. AWMM
    • Ross, A. (1959). 23 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
      pp.185, 186, 190, 198, 206, 218, 245, 254, 265, 269, 270, 280, 329, 343, 360, 433, 437, 443, 448, 457, 458, 460, 461, 462, 463, 477, 478. AWMM
    • Roger Sommerville, ed., Moss's war 1941-1988: new worlds and lives on hold, Tokoroa, N.Z.: Creative Vision NZ AWMM
    • Norton, F. (1952). 26 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
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