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Claude Kenneth Farrell

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4849 SGT C.K. FARRELL standing next to a Scammell Wrecker NZ29967 at Trentham Military Camp.

4849 SGT C.K. FARRELL

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Claude Kenneth AWMM
  • Surname
    Farrell AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    4849 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    14 August 1917 AWMM London, England AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 3 October 1939 AWMM C/o J. Moore, Wairongo, Masterton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Soldier/Military AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr C.W. Farrell (father), C/o J. Moore, Wairongo, Masterton, 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
    • Greece AWMM
    • 1941 Crete AWMM
    • North Africa AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    4849 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 3 October 1939 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM
    Farm hand/Civilian AWMM
    Masterton, Wairarapa AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 11 inches AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Blue AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    WW2 13 November 1944 AWMM Sergeant AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    12 June 1998 AWMM
    Age 80 AWMM
    Lower Hutt, Wellington AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Soldiers Ash Burial K Row 11a, Plot 107 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice The Evening Post, 14 June 1998 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Auckland Council cemetery search West: Waikumete
    http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/parksfacilities/cemeteries/Pages/westcemeterysearch.aspx
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Sinclair, D. (1954). 19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
      Cenotaph data entry form AWMM
    • 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 57 AWMM
    • The Evening Post AWMM
      Death Notice The Evening Post, 14 June 1998 AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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19 June 2022AaronAucklandDirect descendant

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