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Chesney Douglas Esdaile

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Chesney Douglas AWMM
  • Surname
    Esdaile AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    65856 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    3 December 1914 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    3/12/1914 Public - Luke - Direct descendant - 21 October 2018 - Soldiers pay book
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Ohura, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs I. Esdaile (mother), Ohura, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown 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
    65856 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
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment
    26 Public - Luke - Direct descendant - 21 October 2018 - Personal pay book

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
    Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
    Reported wounded 1944 AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Bunny; father of Soni, Raymond, Lynette and John

    Long-time resident of Alexandra, New Zealand

    Service at Alexandra AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    30 October 2006 AWMM
    Cromwell, Otago AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 31 October 2006 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 5 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1941 to 30 September, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 5: WW2 67 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 31 October 2006 AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
21 October 2018LukePerth, AustraliaDirect descendant

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