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George How Chow

Scan of a photo showing George in Cairo, Egypt during WW2

George in Cairo

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Identity

  • Title
  • Forenames
    George AWMM
  • Surname
    How Chow AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    33652 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    b. 1919 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 12 June 2022 - Research
  • Place of birth
    Gisborne, NZ Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 12 June 2022 - Research
  • Birth notes
    son of England & Ellen Sarah HOW CHOW of Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 12 June 2022 - Research
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs E. How Chow (mother), 65 Herbert Street, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
    • married Sonja Margareta KYTOLA Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 12 June 2022 - Research

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    33652 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Sonja. Of Chinese descent. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    4 March 2005 AWMM
    GisborneGisborne 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, March 2005 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • 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 225 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 4 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1941 to 30 June, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 4: WW2 169 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, March 2005 AWMM

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
12 June 2022Lorraine Mona GisborneResearcher
10 May 2015SeanGISBORNEOther Relative

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