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Verdun Henry James Affleck

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Portrait of Verdun Henry James Alfleck, 8383 (2014). © NZIPP Photograph by Bill Irwin 9999-5108. CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Portrait of Verdun Henry James Alfleck, 8383 (2014). © NZIPP Photograph by Bill Irwin 9999-5108. CC- …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Verdun Henry James AWMM
  • Surname
    Affleck AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    8383 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    24 August 1917 Public - Merilyn Joy - Child - 21 April 2015 - Family
  • Place of birth
    Glentunnel, Canterbury Public - Merilyn Joy - Child - 21 April 2015 - Family
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 122 Esk Street, Invercargill, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    After the war he farmed - High Country and later, mixed farming. Public - Merilyn Joy - Child - 20 April 2015 - Family history -Verdun is still alive and well in 2015
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs S. Anderson (mother), Otatara, Invercargill, 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
    8383 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 Truck Driver/Civilian AWMM
    Invercargill, Southland AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Prior to enlisting Verdun was a High Country Shepherd at Glenorchy Public - Merilyn Joy - Child - 20 April 2015 - Family history
  • Age on enlistment
    • Aged 23 years Public - Merilyn Joy - Child - 20 April 2015 - Family oral history Verdun was born in 1917
    • Aged 23 years Public - Merilyn - Child - 20 April 2015 - Family oral history Verdun was born 1917

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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  • Member of the Geraldine RSA. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    15 May 2017 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Verduns grandparents are my great grandparents. I met and spoke to him last month March 2015
    Public - June Elizabeth - Other Relative - 12 April 2015
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Sources

Sources

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  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 1: WW2 6 AWMM
    • Pringle, D., & Glue, W. (1957). 20 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • This record was partially compiled from information provided by the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photographers (NZIPP) Veteran Portrait Project. AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
23 May 2022Lorraine MonaGisborneOther relative
25 April 201620th BattChristchurchOther
20 April 2015MerilynRichmondChild
12 April 2015June ElizabethChristchurch N Z267Other Relative

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