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Cenotaph record

Harry Drysdale Fleet

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Harry Drysdale AWMM
  • Surname
    Fleet AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Mick AWMM
  • Service number
    47512 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    6 April 1920 AWMM Lower Hutt, Wellington AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 18 November 1940 AWMM Koro Koro, Petone, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Motor Mechanic/Military AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Mary Fleet (mother), Koro Koro, Petone, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 18 August 1941 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Pacific Theatre of War AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    47512 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 18 November 1940 AWMM
    Age 20 AWMM
    Motor Mechanic/Military AWMM
    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
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 feet 11 inches AWMM
    • Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      brown AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      hazel AWMM
    • Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
      Heart attack AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
    29 March 1996 AWMM
    Age 75 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
      Correspondence with family AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 5 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1941 to 30 September, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 5: WW2 71 AWMM

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