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Lewis Robson Appleton

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Lewis Robson AWMM
  • Surname
    Appleton AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 610042 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs G.I. Appleton (mother), Dargaville, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown 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
    WWII 610042 AWMM
  • Military service
    N Force N-Force R22440250
  • 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 Builder/Civilian AWMM
    Hamilton, Waikato 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 Betty; father of Yvonne, Judy and Lindsay AWMM
    • Husband of Betty; father of Yvonne, Judy, Lindsay, Bruce and Robin. Public - Bruce - Child - 25 March 2016 - Family oral history.

Death

About death

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  • Death
    11 January 2006 AWMM
    Age 88 AWMM
    Papakura, Auckland 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, January 2006 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • His son's name was Bruce.
    Public - Bruce - Child - 25 March 2016
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  • Jock Appleton is my childrens great grandfather, we have a book of memories that his son has written about his time in the war with pictures and other information.
    Public - NINA - 6 January 2016
    Report 

Sources

Sources

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    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 13 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1944 to 31st March, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 13: WW2 6 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: New Zealand Herald, January 2006 AWMM
    • Nominal Rolls - Embarkation N-Force [Norfolk Force Embarkation Rolls], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1428 (R22440218) AWMM
    • Gillespie, O. (1952). The Pacific. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Marlease The Condy's Kiwi, My true story at the front with the legendary Second New Zealand Division Public - Bruce - Child - 25 March 2016 - Written Family History

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25 March 2016BruceNew ZealandChild
06 January 2016NINApukekohe, auckland nzOther

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