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Athol Buckleigh

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Sargeant Athol Buckleigh

Athol Jordan Buckleigh

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Athol AWMM
  • Surname
    Buckleigh AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    3484 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
    Unknown AWMM 18 Balfour Street, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs A. Buckleigh (mother),18 Balfour Street, Parnell, Auckland, 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
    3484 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 Motor Mechanic/Military AWMM
    AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • 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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  • Nominal roll incorrectly spells his mother's name as Mrs E. Buckleigh.

    Possibly in the advanced party of the 1st Echelon. Buckleigh family has a letter dated the 28th of December 1939, written on board the ship after he left Colombo (February 2015). AWMM

Death

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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery name
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
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Memorials

Memorial

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  • Wish I had met you grandpa. Thankyou for putting your life on the line for us all.

    Your grandson. Pete
    Public - Peter - Direct descendant - 28 August 2021
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Sources

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    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 28 AWMM

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28 August 2021PeterWellingtonDirect descendant
27 April 2021Marie-ClaireFairy SpringsDirect descendant

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