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Frank Harold Lester Clemmett

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Official photo before his departure to war.

Frank Clemmett

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Frank Harold Lester AWMM
  • Surname
    Clemmett AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    450461 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    23 October 1923 BDM 1999/12602
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 423 Mount Eden Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Insurance Salesman/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr H. S. Clemmett (father), 423 Mount Eden Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 21 July 1943 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
    450461 AWMM
  • Military service
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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 Cloth cutter/Civilian AWMM
    AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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  • 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
    19 June 1999 BDM 1999/12602
    Age 75 AWMM
    BDM 1999/12602
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Service Persons Ash Burial Area K, Row 10A, Plot 217 AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Cemetery record
    https://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/cemeteries/Pages/RecordDetails.aspx?recordId=CB79917C2A84164E0636CFAD19D097BD
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Cooke, P. (2001). Defending New Zealand: ramparts on the sea 1840-1950s. Wellington, N.Z.: Defence of New Zealand Study Group. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 12: WW2 38 AWMM
    • Fortune, G. & Bebich, M. (2008). Citizenship and remembrance : a history of the 24 NZ Infantry Battalion Association. Auckland, N.Z.: Polygraphia. AWMM
    • 24 N.Z. Infantry Battalion Association [newsletter]. Auckland, N.Z.: The Association. AWMM
      24th N.Z. Infantry Battalion Association newsletter. December 1999, Issue 125. AWMM
    • Burdon, R. (1959). 24 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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25 April 2019Susan GabrielMatakana, Auckland Other relative

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