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Cenotaph record

Desmond Louvain Sharp

  • Service number
    1668 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Boy Public - Martyn - Direct descendant - 10 May 2016 - He was my grandfather
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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Identity

About

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  • Title
    Mr Public - Martyn - Direct descendant - 10 May 2016 - He was my grandfather
  • Forenames
    • Desmond Louvain AWMM
    • Desmond Louvain Public - Martyn - Direct descendant - 10 May 2016 - He was my grandfather
  • Surname
    • Sharp AWMM
    • Sharp Public - Martyn - Direct descendant - 10 May 2016 - He was my grandfather
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Boy Public - Martyn - Direct descendant - 10 May 2016 - He was my grandfather
  • Service number
    1668 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Catholic Public - Martyn - Direct descendant - 10 May 2016 - He was my grandfather

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    23 March 1916 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    23/03/1916 Public - Martyn - Direct descendant - 10 May 2016 - He was my grandfather
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Hamlin Road, Mount Wellington, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Carpenter Public - Martyn - Direct descendant - 10 May 2016 - He was my grandfather
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs H.J. Sharp (mother), Mount Wellington, Auckland, 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
    1668 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
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Stockman/Civilian AWMM
    AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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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  • 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

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  • My Dad...the quiet achiever
    Public - Michael - Child - 25 April 2020
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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 162 AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
25 April 2020MichaelAlbany WAChild
10 May 2016MartynWellington, New ZealandDirect descendant

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