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Arthur Ronald Churchill

  • Service number
    WWII 9379 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Jim Public - Phillip - Child - 22 June 2015 - Common usage from a very young age
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Taken in Jerusalem in 1940 during war service

Jim (Arthur Ronald) Churchill

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Arthur Ronald AWMM
  • Surname
    Churchill AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Jim Public - Phillip - Child - 22 June 2015 - Common usage from a very young age
  • Service number
    WWII 9379 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    30 September 1909 Public - Phillip - Child - 22 June 2015 - Birth Certificate
  • Place of birth
    Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand Public - Phillip - Child - 22 June 2015 - Birth Certificate
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Riversdale, Cass, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs E.K. Churchill (wife), Church Street, Akaroa, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs Betty (Elizabeth Kathleen) Churchill Public - Phillip - Child - 22 June 2015 - Military Personnel File
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 5 January 1940 AWMM Married AWMM
    • Jim & Betty were married in the Registrar's Office, Christchurch, New Zealand on 19 December 1939 Public - Phillip - Child - 22 June 2015 - Birth Certificate

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 9379 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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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Death

About death

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  • Death
    8 July 1992 Public - Phillip - Child - 22 June 2015 - NZ Death Notice registration # 1992/42494
    Age 82 AWMM
  • Date of death
    8 July 1992 Public - Phillip - Child - 22 June 2015 - NZ Death Notice registration # 1992/42494
  • Age at death
    82 Public - Phillip - Child - 22 June 2015 - NZ Death Notice registration # 1992/42494
  • Place of death
    Akaroa, Canterbury, New Zealand Public - Phillip - Child - 22 June 2015 - NZ Death Notice registration # 1992/42494
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Jim, with his wife Betty, was a resident of Pompallier Village Rest Home in Akaroa where he lived for several years prior to his death on 8 July 1992.
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Sources

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  • External links
  • 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 36 AWMM
    • Pringle, D., & Glue, W. (1957). 20 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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25 April 2022PhillipInvercargillChild
22 June 2015PhillipInvercargillChild

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