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Gordon Banfield

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Gordon AWMM
  • Surname
    Banfield AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    25005 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    16 September 1927 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    September 16th 1927 Public - Linda - Child - 16 January 2018 - Birth certificate
  • Place of birth
    Te Kuiti Public - Linda - Child - 16 January 2018 - Birth certificate
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Wood Street, Te Kuiti, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Butcher Public - Linda - Child - 16 January 2018 - Family information
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr G.F. Banfield (father), Wood Street, Te Kuiti, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
    • Married to Heather Gwen Young Public - Linda - Child - 16 January 2018 - Married to my mother

Service

Wars and conflicts

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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 Butcher/Civilian AWMM
    Te Kuiti, Waikato AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • WW2
      Crete, Greece List of 2NZEF POW (MS 2009/8)
    • WW2 POW - Stalag XVIII-A, Wolfsberg, Austria 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
    WW2 Escaped or evaded capture. Date Interrogated: 15.5.1945. W O Forms completed. AWMM
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number
    WWII 7393 AWMM

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

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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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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 3: WW2 35 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
    • Burdon, R. (1959). 24 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Nominal Roll of NZ Escapees and Evaders - 1 New Zealand Interrogation Section Book 1, Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393 (R25405144) AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
16 January 2018LindaSydney NSW AustraliaChild

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