Alfred Norman Slater
- Service number
- 5333 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- New Zealand Medical Corps, 4 Field Ambulance AWMM
- War
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Alfred Norman AWMM
- Surname
- Slater AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- 5333 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM 200 The Parade, Island Bay, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs K. Slater (wife), 200 The Parade, Island Bay, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Unknown AWMM Married AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- 5333 AWMM
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Military decorations
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Training and Enlistment
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW2 Unknown AWMM Medical practitioner AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW2 Captain/Military AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
- WW2 POW - Kokkinia Prisoner-of-War Hospital, Kokinia, Greece AWMM
- WW2 POW - Stalag VIII-B (later 344), Lamsdorf, Poland AWMM
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Medical history
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Last known rank
- Last rank
- New Zealand Medical Corps, 4 Field Ambulance AWMM
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Biographical information
- Chief surgeon at the Stalag VIII B hospital. Worked with Dr John Borrie during captivity.
Captain A. N. Slater (Stalag VIII B)
Letter 1: 3/1/42
We average about 60 operations a month here. A large number of NZers are going through our hands and I feel it is a real privilege to have a change of helping them.
Letter 2: 9/2/1942
Still no sign of parcel but it takes ages; as far as I know no NZ parcels have arrived yet. Fortunately we have all the essentials of life here, a change of clothing, a warm bed and sufficient food, although it becomes incredibly monotonous. The days are lengthening and the cold is not so intense. We get news from German papers and now get an occasional French paper in the Mess. The health generally of PoWs is excellent.
(Source: The New Zealand prisoner of war pamphlet (No. 5, August 1942, p.4)) AWMM
About death
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Memorial
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Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Prisoners of War 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force - Repatriated Medically Unfit Protected Personnel. Archives NZ R25405151.
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R25405151
Sources Used - Judy Owen & Victoria Passau. Red Cross medical support for Prisoners of War: Dr John Borrie. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira.
https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/j-borrie
Further Reference
- Prisoners of War 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force - Repatriated Medically Unfit Protected Personnel. Archives NZ R25405151.
- 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.
WW2 1: WW2 166 - Prisoners of War 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force - Repatriated Medically Unfit Protected Personnel [WW2 POW Medically Unfit], 1943 [1946], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393/1/v (R25405151)
- Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
- Joint Council of the Order of St. John and the New Zealand Red Cross Society. Prisoners of War Enquiry Office. (1941–1944). The New Zealand prisoner of war pamphlet: Official pamphlet of the Prisoners of War Enquiry Office of the Joint Council of the Order of St. John and the New Zealand Red Cross Society. Wellington, New Zealand.
No. 5, August 1942, p.4 - McClymont, W. (1959). To Greece. Wellington, N.Z.: Department Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
- 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.
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