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Francis Charles Parker

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Group Photograph of Prisoners of War from Camp Oflag 79. Jack Read, Robert Joseph George Smith, A.H Swiebruck, Jim Meads, E.W Gates, Bill Donald, A.J. Lang, Sgt F.C. Parker. Image kindly provided by Lynette Wilson (February 2019). Image may be subject to copyright restrictions.

Group Photograph of Prisoners of War from Camp Oflag 79. Jack Read, Robert Joseph George Smith, A.H …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Francis Charles AWMM
  • Surname
    Parker AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Bill AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 5004 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    12 July 1918 Births, Deaths and Marriages
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 15 Princess Street, Dannevirke, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Engineer/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr A. Parker (father), 15 Princess Street, Dannevirke, 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
    WWII 5004 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

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
    • WW2 POW - Mersa Matruh Hospital, Mersa Matruh, North Africa AWMM
      Egypt, North Africa AWMM
      15 July 1942 AWMM
    • WW2 POW - P.G. 78, Sulmona, Italy Italy Imperial POW Alphabetical List
      Italy, Europe Italy Imperial POW Alphabetical List
    • WW2 POW - Oflag 79, Waggum, Germany 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
  • POW liberation details
  • 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
    7 August 2000 AWMM
    Age 82 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Mangatera Cemetery, Dannevirke AWMM Main Section, Block BJ, Plot 25 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • 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 139 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
    • Sinclair, D. (1954). 19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Great Britain Army. (1945). Italy : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM

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