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Gordon Beresford Dilks

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Portrait of Gordon Beresford Dilks (unconfirmed), 443771. Unknown photographer. Manawatū Heritage, IMCA Digital Archive, 2017P_2017-5_013822. CC by attribution alone.

Portrait of Gordon Beresford Dilks (unconfirmed), 443771. Unknown photographer. Manawatū Heritage, I …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Gordon Beresford AWMM
  • Surname
    Dilks AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 443771 AWMM
  • 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
    WW2 62 Lombard Street, Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs E.A. Dilks (mother), 62 Lombard Street, Palmerston North, Manawatu, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of June. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    12 December 2011 AWMM
    Age 89 AWMM
    Albany, North Shore City AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cremated AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 13 December 2011 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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