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Allen Frederick Addison

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Allen Frederick AWMM
  • Surname
    Addison AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    599444 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    6 February 1914 AWMM AWMM
    New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 23 March 1942 AWMM 18 Oaklands Road, Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Builder AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Mamie Rose Addison (wife), 18 Oaklands Road, Mount Eden, Auckland AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 10 December 1942 AWMM Married AWMM
    Married, 1 child AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    599444 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Enlistment
    WW2 23 March 1942 AWMM
    Age 28 AWMM
    Body builder 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 6.5 inches AWMM
    • Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
      Fair AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Brown AWMM
    • Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Brown AWMM
    • Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
      Heart Failure and Gangrene AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    WW2 10 December 1945 AWMM
    End of War AWMM
    Driver AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    26 July 2003 AWMM
    Age 89 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of Disease AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium, Meadowbank, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 28 July 2003 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • Documents
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 9: WW2 4 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 28 July 2003 AWMM
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