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Grenville Alers Hankey

  • Service number
    • 9507 AWMM
    • POW #1874 Public - Barb - 1 February 2023 - listed as part of his return address on his photo postcard
  • Also known as
    Hank Public - Barb - 1 February 2023 - signed his photo postcard 'Hank'; sent to my mother from Stalag 18A during the war
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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My mother wrote to many soldiers during WW2; apparently she wrote to 'Hank' and received this postcard in reply.

POW Postcard

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Identity

About

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  • Title
    PTE Public - Barb - 1 February 2023 - ancestry.com enlistment papers
  • Forenames
    Grenville Alers AWMM
  • Surname
    Hankey AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Hank Public - Barb - 1 February 2023 - signed his photo postcard 'Hank'; sent to my mother from Stalag 18A during the war
  • Service number
    • 9507 AWMM
    • POW #1874 Public - Barb - 1 February 2023 - listed as part of his return address on his photo postcard
  • 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 9 Littlebourne Crescent, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs R.M. Hankey (mother), 9 Littlebourne Crescent, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mr Harold Vere Hankey (father) Public - Julian John - Other relative - 21 June 2019 - Family oral history. Records will be on birth certificate.
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Forester/Civilian AWMM
    Dunedin, Otago AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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  • Embarkation details
    WW2 Private AWMM

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • WW2
      Greece, Europe List of 2NZEF POW (MS 2009/8)
    • WW2 POW - Stalag XVIII-A, Wolfsberg, Austria 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
      Germany, Europe 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
    WW2 Escaped or evaded capture. Date Interrogated: circa 8 May 1945. AWMM
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number
    WWII 1874 AWMM

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
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name

Roll of Honour

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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 74 AWMM
    • List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8. AWMM
    • Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM
    • Nominal Roll of NZ Escapees and Evaders - 1 New Zealand Interrogation Section Book 2, Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393 (R25405145) AWMM

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
01 February 2023BarbEdmonton, Alberta, CanadaOther
21 June 2019Julian JohnMelbourne, AustraliaOther relative

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